Roman Comedy: Five Plays by Plautus and Terence

Menaechmi, Rudens and Truculentus by Plautus; Adelphoe and Eunuchus by Terence

By: Plautus, Terence, David Christenson (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 January 2010 | Edition Number 1

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348 Pages

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The Focus Classical Library is dedicated to publishing the best of Classical literature in contemporary translations with notes and introductions, so as to provide modern students access to the thought and context at the roots of contemporary culture.

Five new translations of Rome's finest comic playwrights, Plautus and Terence, are included in this single volume. The five plays: Menaechmi, Rudens, Truculentus, Adelphoe, and Eunuchus provide an introduction to the world of Roman comedy by two of its best practitioners. These modern translations inlcude notes, an extensive introduction, and appendices.

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"... Christenson's translations ... Are lucid and engaging. Perusal of this volume will give students and the general audience alike a cogent sense of Terence's elegance, and frequent glimpses into the wild wordplay of Plautus... In this volume, Christenson offers teachers of Roman literature an excellent collection of approachable, enjoyable versions of key works the corpus of the comoedia palliata. The text is clean and mostly typo-free, and the book is both well-manufactured and eminently affordable. With its introduction and commentary that connect the plays to other authors, cultural context, and wider socio-historical developments, this book will serve well as a staple for classes ranging from surveys of Roman civilization and Western literature to courses on ancient humour and the history of theatre, independently or in combination with Christenson's prior collection." -- T H M Gellar-Goad, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 16 November 2010

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