Greek Tragedy: Themes and Contexts - Couverture souple

Swift, Laura

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1474236839 ISBN 13 : 9781474236836

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

Synopsis

The latest volume in the Classical World series, this book offers a much-needed up-to-date introduction to Greek tragedy, and covers the most important thematic topics studied at school or university level. After a brief analysis of the genre and main figures, it focuses on the broader questions of what defines tragedy, what its particular preoccupations are, and what makes these texts so widely studied and performed more than 2,000 years after they were written. As such, the book will be of interest to students taking broad courses on Greek tragedy, while also being suitable for the general reader who wants an overview of the subject. All passages of tragedy discussed are translated by the author and supplementary information includes a chronology of all the surviving tragedies, a glossary, and guidance on further reading.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Laura Swift is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, UK.  Her published titles include The Hidden Chorus (2010) and Euripides: Ion (Bloomsbury 2008).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474236839
• ISBN 13: 9781474236836
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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