THE NATURE OF ROMAN COMEDY A Study in Popular Entertainment
by Duckworth, George Eckel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Princeton University Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Some pages tanned. Long gift inscription from author to Glen Bowersock. Some browning to DJ. Tape applied to top of DJ. Some chipping and a bit of loss to DJ. ; The study of roman Comedy is a study of the work of two comic poets, Titus Maccius Plautus and Publius Terentius Afer. Looks at the twenty extant plays of Plautus and the six by Terence. Also looks at Greek Comedy and Roman Comedy's influence on later authors. ; 501 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28894
- Title
- THE NATURE OF ROMAN COMEDY A Study in Popular Entertainment
- Author
- Duckworth, George Eckel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Roman Comedy, Latin Literature, Classical Greek & Roman, Terence, Plautus, Menander
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- Chipping
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Shelfwear
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- Jacket
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