A stimulating new study. . . .. Throughout the book McCarthy demonstrates ahighly developed sense of the logic of Plautine plays and a great sensitivityto subtl... » 

A stimulating new study. . . .. Throughout the book McCarthy demonstrates ahighly developed sense of the logic of Plautine plays and a great sensitivityto subtle variations and permutations within them.Ariana Traill Bryn MawrClassical Review This book is carefully thought through perceptively arguedand exceptionally readable from first page to last. It should redirect thecourse of critical and theoretical thinking about Roman comedy for many yearsto come.James Tatum author of Plautus The Darker Comedies This is afine book and it makes an important contribution to the understanding ofPlautine comedy. It is also exceptionally well written.David Konstan authorof Sexual Symmetry Love in the Ancient Novel and Related Genres «