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Roman Comedy: Five Plays by Plautus and Terence: Menaechmi, Rudens and Truculentus by Plautus; Adelphoe and Eunuchus by Terence

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Roman Comedy: Five Plays by Plautus and Terence: Menaechmi, Rudens and Truculentus by Plautus; Adelphoe and Eunuchus by Terence
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Plautus
By (author) Terence
Edited and translated by David Christenson
SeriesFocus Classical Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:348
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 153
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
Literary studies - classical, early and medieval
ISBN/Barcode 9781585103195
Audience
General
Illustrations none

Publishing Details

Publisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Publication Date 1 January 2010
Publication Country United States

Description

This anthology contains English translations of five plays by two of the best practitioners of Roman comedy, Plautus and Terence. The plays, Menaechmi, Rudens, Truculentus, Adelphoe, and Eunuchus, provide an introduction to the world of Roman comedy. As with all Focus translations, the emphasis is on a handsomely produced, inexpensive, readable edition that is close to the original, with an extensive introduction, notes and appendices.

Author Biography

David Christenson (Ph.D. Harvard Uniserisy) is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Arizona. He is the author of several books including "Roman Comedy: Five Plays by Plautus and Terence" and "Plautus: Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi, Pseudolus," both for Focus Publishing. In 2011-12, he will be a Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellow.

Reviews

...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 humor and the history of theater, independently or in combination with Christenson's prior collection. Reviewed by T. H. M. Gellar-Goad, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.11.16