Oxford Readings in Menander, Plautus, and Terence

ISBN-13: 9780198721932 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 312 str.

Erich Segal

Opis

This book documents the origins of modern comedy by examining the evolution of "New Comedy," the Greek genre of which the works of Menander are the only surviving example. It looks at the quiet domestic dramas of Menander, the farces of Plautus, and the comedies of Terence. An authoritative Introduction sets the papers, which are by leading experts in their field, in context and explores connections between them thus examining the legacy for modern comedies. All Latin and Greek is translated.

Recenzje

... a welcome addition to the study of "New Comedy" ... a very useful book ... the collection should help to dispel the myth that these comedies all tell 'the same basic story'.

O autorze

Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford