The Comedies
Terence
Peter Brown
27 August 2009
ISBN: 9780199556038
368 pages
Paperback
196x129mm
In Stock
Price: £10.99Roman playwright Terence is one of the founding fathers of European comic drama. This new translation of all six of his comedies brings out their liveliness and performability and sets them in the context of Latin literature and the history of comic drama.
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Roman playwright Terence is one of the founding fathers of European comic drama. This new translation of all six of his comedies brings out their liveliness and performability and sets them in the context of Latin literature and the history of comic drama.
- Terence is one of the founding fathers of European comic drama whose plays have influenced comic plotting to the present day. This new translation brings out their quality as works written for performance.
- Up-to-date Introduction helps the reader place Terence in the context of Latin literature and the history of comic drama as well as considering ancient attitudes to rape and its prominence in the plays.
- Helpful explanatory notes gloss allusions and stagecraft.
- The inclusion of marginal line-numbering to the Latin text makes the edition especially useful for students.
About the Author(s)
Terence
Peter Brown, Lecturer in Classics at Oxford University and Fellow of Trinity CollegeTable of Contents
- The Girl from Andros
The Mother-in-Law
The Self-Tormentor
The Eunuch
Phormio
The Brothers
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