Terence: Andria
“Terence: Andria” by Sander M. Goldberg, published by Cambridge University Press on November 10, 2022, is a new edition comprising 320 pages in English. This work presents the first play of the Terentian corpus, which has garnered significant attention throughout history. As the first Roman comedy produced after antiquity and the first translated into English, “Andria” serves as an important introduction to Terence’s unique comedic style, characterized by its nuanced portrayal of women and slaves, as well as its innovative use of a secondary plot line.
Readers will find that this edition includes commentary aimed at assisting students with the linguistic and technical challenges of Roman comedy. The commentary also encourages exploration of key interpretive questions related to the play and its connection to the broader comic tradition. Additionally, it examines the role of comedy in enhancing our understanding of the Roman world and its societal values, making it a valuable resource for those interested in history and ancient literature.
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As the first play of the Terentian corpus, Andria has always attracted a special level of attention. It was the first Roman comedy produced after antiquity (at Florence in 1476) and the first translated into English, and it has inspired writers from Jonson and Dryden to Thornton Wilder. It provides an excellent introduction to Terence ‘s particular style of comedy, noteworthy for its ambivalence in representing the perspectives of woman and slaves and its experiments with a secondary plot line. The commentary is designed both to help students with the basic linguistic and technical problems confronting inexperienced readers of Roman comedy and to open discussion of essential interpretive questions involving the play and its relation to the wider comic corpus, as well as the utility of comedy for furthering our understanding of the Roman world and its values.
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