SOURCE: "Terence and the Death of Comedy," Comparative Drama, Vol. 16, No. 4, Winter 1982-83, pp. 312-24.
Goldberg is the author of several articles on Terence and a monograph, Understanding Terence (1986). In the following essay, he explores Terence's role in the demise of Roman comedy, arguing that "Terence had made it too alien to be taken seriously at Rome."
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