Prefaces to Terence's Comedies and Plautus's Comedies (Paperback)

Lawrence Echard

ISBN 10: 1479411574 / ISBN 13: 9781479411573

Published by Wildside Press, Holicog, 2025

Paperback. Prefaces to Terence's Comedies and Plautus's Comedies presents Lawrence Echard's early modern introductions to the dramatic works of two foundational Roman playwrights. These prefaces offer historical background, literary analysis, and interpretive framing that guided English readers' engagement with Latin comedy during the 17th and 18th centuries. Echard contextualizes Plautus's broad humor and Terence's refined elegance within the traditions of Roman stagecraft and moral philosophy, highlighting their influence on European theatre. Serving both as scholarly apparatus and cultural commentary, these texts reveal how classical literature was received, adapted, and morally evaluated in early modern England. The volume stands as a valuable artifact in the history of classical reception and literary criticism, bridging antiquity and the Enlightenment-era reading public. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781479411573

Synopsis:

Laurence Echard (c. 1670-1730) was a British historian, best known for The History of England: From the First Entrance of Julius Caesar and the Romans to the End of the Reign of King James. Echard translated on commented on the works of Publius Terentius Afer (c. 195-159 BCE), a playwright of the Roman Republic of North African descent, and Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254-184 BCE), a Roman playwright whose comedies are the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Prefaces to Terence's Comedies and Plautus's...
Publisher: Wildside Press, Holicog
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new