Oxford studies in classical literature and gender theory
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-257) and index.
Introduction : reading towards the other -- Plautus' Pharmacy -- Of pain and laughter -- (Wo)men of Bacchus -- Father tongue, mother tongue : the back-story and the forth-story.
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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.