Greek Tragedy - Couverture souple

Rabinowitz, Nancy Sorkin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1405121610 ISBN 13 : 9781405121613

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

Synopsis

Greek Tragedy sets ancient tragedy into its original theatrical, political and ritual context and applies modern critical approaches to understanding why tragedy continues to interest modern audiences.

• An engaging introduction to Greek tragedy, its history, and its reception in the contemporary world with suggested readings for further study
• Examines tragedy's relationship to democracy, religion, and myth
• Explores contemporary approaches to scholarship, including structuralist, psychoanalytic, and feminist theory
• Provides a thorough examination of contemporary performance practices
• Includes detailed readings of selected plays

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz is the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature at Hamilton College, where she teaches tragedy, modern drama, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction. She is the author of Anxiety Veiled: Euripides and the Traffic in Women (1993), as well as the co-editor of Feminist Theory and the Classics (1993), Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic in the Ancient World (2002), and Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides (1998), for which she translated Euripides' Alcestis.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405121610
• ISBN 13: 9781405121613
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
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• Personne responsable: non disponible