Slaves, masters, and the art of authority in Plautine comedy / Kathleen McCarthy.

Domestic affairs : intimacy, eroticism, and violence between servants and masters in eighteenth-century Britain / Kristina Straub.

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Master and servant in literature

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Slaves, masters, and the art of authority in Plautine comedy / Kathleen McCarthy.

Domestic affairs : intimacy, eroticism, and violence between servants and masters in eighteenth-century Britain / Kristina Straub.