Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 338 pages) |
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OUP E-Books
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Contents |
The girl from Andros (Andria) -- The mother-in-law (Hecyra) -- The self-tormentor (Heauton Timorumenos) -- The eunuch (Eunuchus) -- Phormio -- The brothers (Adelphoe) |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvi-xxvii) |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Terence -- Translations into English
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Terence |
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DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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Genre/Form |
Translations
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Brown, Peter, 1945 August 5-
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LC no. |
2006025670 |
ISBN |
9781429470094 |
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1429470097 |
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9786610753390 |
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6610753393 |
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1280753390 |
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9781280753398 |
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0191518328 |
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9780191518324 |
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