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Terence: The Eunuch - Couverture souple

Brothers, Anthony J.

 
9780856685132: Terence: The Eunuch
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0856685135 ISBN 13 : 9780856685132
Editeur : Aris & Phillips Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

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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À propos de l'auteur

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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Éditeur
Aris & Phillips Ltd
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
latin
ISBN 10 
0856685135
ISBN 13 
9780856685132
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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