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ISBN-10: 0199556032

ISBN-13: 9780199556038

Edition: 2009

Authors: Terence, Peter Brown

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'I thought you'd do what the common run of slaves normally do, cheating and tricking me because my son's having an affair.'Terence's comedies have provided plots and characters for comic drama from classical times to the present; the outstanding comic playwright of his generation at Rome, he has influenced authors from Molière and Wycherley to P. G. Wodehouse. Scheming slaves, parasites, prostitutes, pimps, and boastful soldiers populate his plays, which show love triumphing over obstacles of various kinds, and the problems that arise from ignorance, misunderstanding, and prejudice. Although they reflectcontemporary tensions in Roman society, their insights into human nature and experience…    
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Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/11/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 7.60" wide x 5.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

The Girl from Andros
The Mother-in-Law
The Self-Tormentor
The Eunuch Phormio
The Brothers
The Girl from Andros
The Mother-in-Law
The Self-Tormentor
The Eunuch
Phormio
The Brothers