On Editing Aeschylus (Classic Reprint): A Criticism - Couverture souple

Walter Headlam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331911850 ISBN 13 : 9781331911852

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This book is a collection of essays that offer an in-depth examination of the choral lyric poetry of Aeschylus. The author presents fresh insights into the metrical and grammatical complexities of Aeschylus's work, as well as the historical and dramatic contexts that informed it. This book is written for students, scholars, and anyone interested in exploring the richness and complexity of classical Greek literature. The author's expert analysis and engaging prose make this book an invaluable resource for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of this great playwright.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is an early publication (1891) by the highly regarded classical scholar and poet Walter George Headlam (1866–1908). Headlam, who taught at King's College, Cambridge, was deeply interested in textual criticism and dedicated much of his short life to translating and interpreting the works of Aeschylus, and even thirty years after his untimely death his notes formed the basis for an influential edition of the Oresteia. Although Headlam's subtitle does not name the target of his 'criticism', this book is in fact an impassioned attack on the style and method of editing employed by A. W. Verrall in Seven Against Thebes in 1887, and Agamemnon in 1889. Headlam condemns Verrall's 'rationalist' methods which in his view 'required outspoken criticism'. The young Headlam painstakingly dissects Verrall's work on Aeschylus, pointing out the errors, inconsistencies and shortcomings of the texts and proposing his own editorial methods.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331911850
• ISBN 13: 9781331911852
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 172
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