Renaissance Quarterly, March 22nd, 1997
Unlike some books being published today, Miola's study produces exactly what its title promises. The beginning point centers around the plays of Plautus, especially Menaechmi, Amphitruo, Mostellaria, Captivi, Miles Gloriosus, Casina, and Rudens, and of Terence, especially Andria, Eunuchus, Hecyra, and Adelphoe. Miola's study traces the presence of these plays in Shakespeare, with the organizing categories being derived from New Comedy itself: The Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night are "error plays" in which Plautine confusion is given new moral and romantic dimensions; The Taming of the Shrew ...
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