Terence: Hecyra

Terence: Hecyra

Author: Terence

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-11-21

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1316102130

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Terence's Hecyra raises social, literary and theatrical issues of great interest to modern students of Roman comedy and, indeed, of Roman culture more broadly. The play pays strikingly close attention to the domestic problems of women and experiments boldly with traditional comic forms, not only in its creation of anticipatory suspense, but through its variations on traditional situations and roles and its metatheatrical qualities. In addition, Terence's response in his prologues to the play's two putative failures is important, if tendentious, evidence for the mechanics of theatrical performance in the second century, especially the conjunction of theatrical and gladiatorial shows. This edition opens the play's many interpretive challenges to wider scrutiny while remaining attentive to the linguistic needs of students at all levels.


Chrysomeloidea I (Vesperidae, Disteniidae, Cerambycidae)

Chrysomeloidea I (Vesperidae, Disteniidae, Cerambycidae)

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-11-04

Total Pages: 740

ISBN-13: 900444033X

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The present updated and revised Catalogue is a collective international work by 12 authors. It includes about 6453 species names of 913 genera. The general structure and the taxonomic, distributional and bibliographical information of the first edition of the Catalogue are followed with minor changes.


Betty, the Female Prizefighter (A Catfight Novel)

Betty, the Female Prizefighter (A Catfight Novel)

Author: Joe Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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London in the 17th century was a difficult place to make a living, especially for a young woman from the worker class. Betty's choices were limited. She could be a prostitute like her mother, or a servant in a rich household. Of the few other choices available to her, she chose to be a cook at a large factory. Life was tough, but it was about to become even tougher. When a couple of prostitutes attacked her at a pub, she almost lost her life. But, Mr. von Kleist, a rich gentleman, saved her. The only reason he did this was because her fighting skillsimpressed him. Now in his debt, Betty had to fight for his female fighting stable until her debt was paid off. These private prizefighting events were brutal. Female fighters faced each other in brawls with few rules. Women often died at the hands of their vicious opponents. But Mr. von Kleist had a different plan for Betty. He was looking for a fighter good enough to challenge Elizabeth Stokes, the championess of England. To test her skills, he forced her to fight in many brutal fights. Betty saw only one way to earn her freedom. She had to fight and beat Elizabeth Stokes. Along the way, she made some friends and enemies. She was also introduced to the pleasures of having female lovers.