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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451650403321

Autore

Terence

Titolo

The comedies [[electronic resource] /] / Terence ; translated with introduction and notes by Peter Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-75339-0

0-19-151832-8

1-4294-7009-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownPeter <1945 Aug. 5->

Disciplina

872/.0108

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxvi]-xxvii).

Nota di contenuto

The girl from Andros (Andria) -- The mother-in-law (Hecyra) -- The self-tormentor (Heauton Timorumenos) -- The eunuch (Eunuchus) -- Phormio -- The brothers (Adelphoe).

Sommario/riassunto

Terence (?184-159 BC) was the outstanding comic playwright of his generation at Rome and one of the founding fathers of European comic drama. This new translation with introduction and explanatory notes aims to convey the liveliness of the plays as pieces written for the theatre. - ;Terence (?184-159 BC) was the outstanding comic playwright of his generation at Rome and one of the founding fathers of European comic drama. His plays have been imitated by authors as diverse as the nun Hrothswitha in the tenth century and P. G. Wodehouse in the twentieth. They deal with the love-life of adolescen