A Companion to Terence offers the first comprehensive collection of essays on Terence in English. It includes a detailed study of Terence's plays, situating them in their socio-historical context and exploring their reception from the Classical...
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A Companion to Terence offers the first comprehensive collection of essays on Terence in English. It includes a detailed study of Terence's plays, situating them in their socio-historical context and exploring their reception from the Classical through late antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, to present day literature and performance. Each chapter discusses key issues in Terence, including Terence's relationship with his Greco-Roman models, his language and style, the question of performance and dramatic technique, and the socio-political background that shapes th A comprehensive collection of essays by leading scholars in the field that address, in a single volume, several key issues in interpreting Terence offering a detailed study of Terence’s plays and situating them in their socio-historical context, as well as documenting their reception through to present dayThe first comprehensive collection of essays on Terence in English, by leading scholars in the field Covers a range of topics, including both traditional and modern concerns of gender, race, and reception Features a wide-ranging but interconnected series of essays that offer new perspectives in interpreting Terence Includes an introduction discussing the life of Terence, its impact on subsequent studies of the poet, and the question of his ethnicity
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A Companion to Terence; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Biography; 2 Terentian Scholarship; 3 Essays in this Companion; Part I: Terence And Ancient Comedy; Chapter One: Terence and Greek New Comedy; Further Reading; Chapter Two: Terence and the Traditions of Roman New Comedy; 1 Terence, Popularity, and the Palliata; 2 The Prologues and the Roman Comic Tradition; 3 Plot and Characterization; 4 Language and Meter; 5 Staging and Theatricality; 6 Perspective; Further Reading; Chapter Three: Terence and Non-Comic Intertexts; 1 Poetics; 2 Tragedy; 3 Love Poetry
4 Philosophy and Didactic5 Rhetoric; Further Reading; Chapter Four: Fabula Stataria: Language and Humor in Terence; 1 Sound and Sense; 2 Bilingual Humor; 3 Register and Humor; 4 Metatheater; 5 Reported Speech and Parody; Further Reading; Notes; Chapter Five: Meter and Music; 1 How Terence's Meters Work; 2 Terence's Meters; 3 Meter and Music; 4 Eunuchus; Further Reading; Part II: Contexts And Themes; Chapter Six: Terence and the Scipionic Grex; 1 History of the Idea; 2 The Sources; 3 Terence and Scipio; Further Reading; Notes
Chapter Seven: opera in bello, in otio, in negotio: Terence and Rome in the 160s BCE1 Roman Reflections: Locating the Roman Self in a Terentian Comedy; 2 Reflections on Rome: Referencing Roman Current Events and Policy; 3 Reflections for Romans: Elite Male Ideals for All to Admire; 4 Noble Service at War, at Rest, at Work; 5 Otium in Terence in Rome: Changing Value Systems; 6 Denouement; Further Reading; Chapter Eight: Religious Ritual and Family Dynamics in Terence; 1 Roman Religion; 2 Greek New Comedy and Roman comoedia palliata; 3 Sacrifice in Menander; 4 Sacrifice in Plautus
5 Sacrifice in Terence6 The Larger Religious Picture; 7 Terence and the Family; 8 Conclusion; Further Reading; Note; Acknowledgments; Chapter Nine: Gender and Sexuality in Terence; 1 Gender and Sexuality among Senior Citizens; 2 The Younger Generation; 3 Rape; 4 Gender and Sexuality on the Margins: Courtesans and Others; 5 Conclusion; Further Reading; Notes; Chapter Ten: Family and Household in the Comedies of Terence; 1 Cast and Character; Household and Community; 2 Managing Sons: Subsistence Parenting; 3 Managing Daughters: An Economy of Exchange
4 Mirrored Experience, Parents and Children in Terence5 Other Families: Non-citizen or Non-propertied; 6 Mirrored Experience, Author and Audience; Further Reading; Chapter Eleven: Masters and Slaves; Further Reading; Part III: The Plays; Chapter Twelve :Andria; 1 First Things; 2 First Scene; 3 obscura diligentia vs neglegentia; 4 Ethical Paradox; Further Reading; Chapter Thirteen: Heauton Timorumenos; 1 The Clinia/Antiphila Plot; 2 The Clitipho/Bacchis Plot; 3 The Menedemus/Clinia Plot; 4 The Chremes/Clitipho Plot; 5 The Chremes/Syrus Plot; 6 The Bacchis Plot; 7 Plautus' Influence
"A Companion to Terence offers the first comprehensive collection of essays on Terence in English. It includes a detailed study of Terence's plays, situating them in their socio-historical context and exploring their reception from the Classical...
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"A Companion to Terence offers the first comprehensive collection of essays on Terence in English. It includes a detailed study of Terence's plays, situating them in their socio-historical context and exploring their reception from the Classical through late antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, to present day literature and performance. Each chapter discusses key issues in Terence, including Terence's relationship with his Greco-Roman models, his language and style, the question of performance and dramatic technique, and the socio-political background that shapes the themes, characters, structures, and cultural-political concerns. A Companion to Terence is a useful research tool for the growing number of scholars, students and critics of Terence and Roman comedy"--
"A Companion to Terence offers the first comprehensive collection of essays on Terence in English. It includes a detailed study of Terence's plays, situating them in their socio-historical context and exploring their reception from the Classical...
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"A Companion to Terence offers the first comprehensive collection of essays on Terence in English. It includes a detailed study of Terence's plays, situating them in their socio-historical context and exploring their reception from the Classical through late antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, to present day literature and performance. Each chapter discusses key issues in Terence, including Terence's relationship with his Greco-Roman models, his language and style, the question of performance and dramatic technique, and the socio-political background that shapes the themes, characters, structures, and cultural-political concerns. A Companion to Terence is a useful research tool for the growing number of scholars, students and critics of Terence and Roman comedy"--