Terence: The Comedies - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198149719 ISBN 13 : 9780198149712

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

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 adolescent boys and with associated tensions in their relations with their fathers. They show love triumphing over obstacles of various kinds, and they also portray the problems that arise from ignorance, misunderstanding, and prejudice. They are true to universal elements of human experience, and audiences today can readily engage with the issues they raise. This new translation with introduction and explanatory notes aims to convey the liveliness of the plays as pieces written for the theatre.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter Brown is Lecturer in Classics at Oxford University and Fellow of Trinity College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198149719
• ISBN 13: 9780198149712
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Éditeur: Brown Peter
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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