Terence: Hecyra

Terence's Hecyra raises social, literary and theatrical issues of great interest to modern students of Roman comedy and, indeed, of Roman culture more broadly. The play pays strikingly close attention to the domestic problems of women and experiments boldly with traditional comic forms, not only in its creation of anticipatory suspense, but through its variations on traditional situations and roles and its metatheatrical qualities. In addition, Terence's response in his prologues to the play's two putative failures is important, if tendentious, evidence for the mechanics of theatrical performance in the second century, especially the conjunction of theatrical and gladiatorial shows. This edition opens the play's many interpretive challenges to wider scrutiny while remaining attentive to the linguistic needs of students at all levels.

Author: Terence
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/07/2014
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780521721660

About the Author
Goldberg, Sander M.: - Sander M. Goldberg is Distinguished Professor of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has been studying and teaching Roman comedy (and related subjects) for over thirty years and enjoys an international reputation in this field. He has published extensively on Roman drama, including three books dealing specifically with drama in its literary and social context, as well as numerous articles and reviews.