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Author Rosivach, Vincent J.

Title When a young man falls in love : the sexual exploitation of women in new comedy / Vincent J. Rosivach.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 211 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and index.
Summary When A Young Man Falls in Love is an arresting and important book, which poses important questions about the dramatic portrayal of women in the Roman world.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Rape. 1. Rapes which lead to marriage of rapist and victim. 2. Rapes whose revelation allows marriage of victim's daughter. 3. Premarital rapes. 4. Characteristics of the rape motif in New Comedy. 5. Sources of the rape motif in New Comedy. 6. Terence's Eunuchus (The Eunuch) -- 3. Mothers and daughters. 1. Liaisons ending in marriage of the young woman with her lover. 2. Liaisons not ending in marriage of the young woman with her lover. 3. Liaisons as background to the play. 4. Liaisons refused or denied -- 4. Slavers and slaves. 1. Some background. 2. Plays ending in marriage. 3. Plays that do not end in marriage. 4. Menander's Epitrepontes (The Arbitration) -- 5. Independent women. 1. The plays.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Greek drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism.
Greek drama (Comedy)
Man-woman relationships in literature.
Man-woman relationships in literature.
Women and literature -- Greece.
Women and literature.
Greece.
Courtship in literature.
Courtship in literature.
Love in literature.
Love in literature.
Sex in literature.
Sex in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Rosivach, Vincent J. When a young man falls in love. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998 0415184487 (DLC) 97038021 (OCoLC)37588503
ISBN 0415246229 (electronic book)
9780415246224 (electronic book)
0203068580 (ebook)
9780203068588 (ebook)
0415184487
9780415184489