Terence: The Eunuch
Author:   Anthony J. Brothers ,  A.J. Brothers
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Edition:   New edition
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9780856685132


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   02 April 2000
Format:   Paperback
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Terence: The Eunuch


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When first performed, The Eunuch was a great success. Today, with its larger-than-life characters (particularly the boastful soldier Thraso and the toady Gnatho), its farcical and exaggerated humour and its vigorous action, it strikes the modern reader as the funniest and most Plautine of Terence's six comedies. It is also a play of effective and entertaining contrasts, particularly that between the two brothers Phaedria and Chaerea. Their very different attitudes to love and romance provide one of the play's chief points of interest, while Thais presents yet another picture of love, that of the professional courtesan. The fact that Thais, Thraso and the slave Parmeno are not quite the stereotypes we might expect to find in this type of play adds yet more to an amusing and thought-provoking comedy.

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Author:   Anthony J. Brothers ,  A.J. Brothers
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Aris & Phillips Ltd
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780856685132


ISBN 10:   0856685135
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   02 April 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you.
Language:   Latin, Latin

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: I. Greek New Comedy; II. Comedy at Rome; III. The Life and Works of Terence IV. Terence and his Critics; V. The Eunuch and its Relationship to Menander VI. The Eunuch as a Roman Comedy; VII. The Text Bibliography List of Metres Parallel Latin text and English translation Commentary Index.

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Author Information

A J Brothers is Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Wales, Lampeter. He is editor of Terence: The Self-Tormentor (Aris and Phillips 1988).

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