Parables on a Roman Comic Stage: Samarites - Comoedia de Samaritano Evangelico (1539) by Petrus Papeus

Daniel J. Nodes

ISBN 10: 9004317872 / ISBN 13: 9789004317871

Published by Brill, NL, 2017

About this Item

The Samarites by Petrus Papeus offers an effective blending of gospel narrative and ancient Roman comedy, combining manner of Plautus and Terence with the didacticism of medieval allegory and morality plays and the poetic diction of Renaissance humanism. In the Samarites they are the ingredients that present both moral and doctrinal teachings related to the gospel parables of the Prodigal Son and Good Samaritan. Papeus' work is an excellent example not only of the early modern school play, but also of the shifting conceptions of drama in Europe at that time. Daniel Nodes presents a critical edition and translation of the play together with a humanist commentary produced in Toledo by Alexius Vanegas three years after the play's first printing in Antwerp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Parables on a Roman Comic Stage: Samarites - Comoedia de Samaritano Evangelico (1539) by Petrus Papeus
• Publisher: Brill, NL
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004317872
• ISBN 13: 9789004317871
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: Bilingual.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.5W x 2.8H x 23.5D centimeters 15.5 centimeters width by 2.8 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 751 grams

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Synopsis

The Samarites by Petrus Papeus offers an effective blending of gospel narrative and ancient Roman comedy, combining manner of Plautus and Terence with the didacticism of medieval allegory and morality plays and the poetic diction of Renaissance humanism. In the Samarites they are the ingredients that present both moral and doctrinal teachings related to the gospel parables of the Prodigal Son and Good Samaritan. Papeus’ work is an excellent example not only of the early modern school play, but also of the shifting conceptions of drama in Europe at that time. Daniel Nodes presents a critical edition and translation of the play together with a humanist commentary produced in Toledo by Alexius Vanegas three years after the play’s first printing in Antwerp.

About the Author

Daniel Nodes, Ph.D. (1982) University of Toronto, is Professor of Classics in Baylor University. He has published works on biblical epic, Sentences-commentaries, homiletics and drama from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern period.