Terence: The Self-Tormentor Paperback / softback
Part of the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series
Paperback / softback
Description
The Self-Tormentor is the most neglected of Terence's six comedies, no full scale edition having appeared in England since the end of the last century; yet it is in many ways the author's most exciting play.
The plot, of the 'double' type favoured by Terence, is fast-moving, complicated and full of intrigues masterminded by the ever-optimistic Syrus, who provides one of the best examples of the 'cunning slave' of Roman comedy.
The presence of the two old men, one the self-tormentor of the title, the two sons and the sons' romantic attachments provides a contrast and variety in characterisation which show Terence's perceptive treatment at its best.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Liverpool University Press
- Publication Date:01/06/1988
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- ISBN:9780856683039
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Liverpool University Press
- Publication Date:01/06/1988
- Category:
- ISBN:9780856683039
