Shakespeare and the Traditions of Comedy


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For students of English and European literature, renaissance studies, comparative literature, drama and classics.




Terence: The woman of Andros. The self-tormentor. The Eunuch


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The six plays by Terence (d. 159 BC), all extant, imaginatively reformulate Greek New Comedy in realistic scenes and refined Latin. They include Phormio, a comedy of intrigue and trickery; The Brothers, which explores parental education of sons; and The Eunuch, which presents the most sympathetically drawn courtesan in Roman comedy.