{"product_id":"terence-the-girl-from-andros-9781789620108","title":"Terence: The Girl from Andros","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girl from Andros\u003c\/i\u003e was the first play of the brilliant but short-lived Roman comic playwright Terence and shows him as already a master dramatist.  It is based on two plays (both now lost) by the Greek playwright Menander and was first put on in Rome in 166 BCE.  The main focus of interest is the plotting and counter-plotting of a devious master and his equally devious slave, but there are also two boys both in danger of losing the girls they love, and a girl in search of the family from which she has long been separated – typical ingredients of a Latin comedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe play is a theatrical \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e with many comic highlights and is enlivened by a succession of metatheatrical remarks; but it also provokes thought on various aspects of human relationships in a male-dominated, slave-owning society that jealously guards its rights of citizenship.  It was the first ancient Latin comedy to be performed in the Renaissance and influenced a number of plays in succeeding centuries, most notably Richard Steele’s \u003ci\u003eThe Conscious Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e (1722); it was also the inspiration for Thornton Wilder’s novel \u003ci\u003eThe Woman of Andros\u003c\/i\u003e (1930).  This volume includes the first detailed commentary on the play in any language for nearly sixty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReviews ‘Dr Brown's book fills a real need, with a right-to-the-point introduction and commentary. His translation stays close to the Latin, but that does not keep it from being brilliant by moments'.\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Benjamin Victor, University of Montreal\u003cbr\u003e'I am very happy to say that this Andria is an exemplary edition, invaluable for scholars, students and the Latin-inclined general reader alike. A fine work for us to remember Peter by.' \u003cbr\u003eKeith Maclennan, \u003ci\u003eClassics for All\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In preparing this last of his many contributions to the study of Terence, Brown was thus able to draw upon the full range of his knowledge, experience, and interests, and the result has all the virtues we might expect of him: clear and accurate discussion of the Latin text, a keen eye for details and nuances of interpretation, scrupulously evenhanded reporting and cogent analysis of past scholarly views, and a precise English rendering of the Latin original.' \u003cbr\u003e Sander Goldberg, \u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eText and Translation\u003cbr\u003eCommentary\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470044500311,"sku":"9781789620108","price":109.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789620108.jpg?v=1744897227","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/terence-the-girl-from-andros-9781789620108","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}