Feminine discourse in Roman comedy on echoes and voices

Feminine discourse in Roman comedy on echoes and voices

Dorota M. Dutsch examines the linguistic features of the lines that the Roman playwrights Plautus and Terence attribute to their female characters, and asks whether their construction of a feminine idiom should be considered as evidence of how Roman women actually spoke.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dutsch, Dorota M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Resource
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2008.
Series:Oxford studies in classical literature and gender theory
Subjects:
Plautus, Titus Maccius > Characters > Women.
Terence > Characters > Women.
Women in literature.
Latin drama (Comedy) > History and criticism.
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