Examine the life, times, and work of Terence through detailed author biographies on eNotes.

Terence Criticism - Further ReadingAmerasinghe, C. W. "The Part of the Slave in Terence's Drama." Greece and Rome XIX, No. 56 (June 1950): 62-72. (Contends that Terence …

SOURCE: An introduction to The Comedies of Terence, translated by Frank O. Copley, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1967, pp. vii-xxi. Like the plays of his predecessor Plautus, all …

julius caesar (100 b.c.-44 b.c.) isolates a flaw in terence's style: thou too, even thou, art ranked among the highest, thou half-menander, and justly, thou lover of language undefiled. but would ...

SOURCE: "Terence" in The Roman Stage: A Short History of Latin Drama in the Time of the Republic, revised edition, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1964, pp. 91-112. We gather from Terence's …

Dive deep into A. E. Housman's Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion

“Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff,” poem LXII of A Shropshire Lad, is a reflective piece often seen as Housman's defense of his poetic choices. As the collection nears its end, Housman uses this ...

Terence Criticism - IntroductionTerence c. 195/185 B. C.-159 B. C. (Full name Publius Terentius Afer) Roman playwright. Terence is best known for the elegant language, symmetrical plots, …

SOURCE: "Menander, Plautus, and Terence" in Masters of the Drama, third revised edition, Dover Publications, Inc., 1954, pp. 92-104. [Gassner, a Hungarian-born American scholar, …

SOURCE: An introduction to Terence: The Comedies, translated by Betty Radice, Penguin Books, 1976, pp. 11-29. [Radice was an English educator who, as joint editor of the Penguin Classics …