James Morwood

The Plays of Euripides (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Over the past decades there has been something of a revolution in the way we view classical drama generally and Euripides in particular. This book, updated in a second edition, reflects that revolution and aims to show how Euripides was continually reinventing himself. A truly Protean figure, he seems to set out on a new journey in each of his surviving 19 plays. Between general introduction and final summary, Morwood's chapters identify the themes that underlie the plays and concentrate, above all, on demonstrating the extraordinary diversity of this great dramatist. New to this edition, which is updated throughout, are further details on the individual plays and extra suggestions for background reading.

The volume is a companion to The Plays of Sophocles and The Plays of Aeschylus (both by Alex Garvie) also available in second editions from Bloomsbury. A further essential guide to the themes and context of ancient Greek tragedy may be found in Laura Swift's new introductory volume, Greek Tragedy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474233606
• Artikelnr.: 45969482

Autorenporträt

James Morwood was an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, UK, after seventeen years as Head of Classics at Harrow School. He is the author of 17 books, including The Plays of Euripides and Writing Latin, also published by Bloomsbury.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction A Chronology of Euripides' Work and Times Alcestis
Medea The Children of Heracles Hippolytus Andromache Hecuba The Suppliant
Women Heracles Electra The Trojan Women Iphigenia among the Taurians Ion
Helen The Phoenician Women Orestes Cyclops Bacchae Iphigenia at Aulis
Rhesus Epilogue Suggestions for Further Study Suggestions for Further
Reading Index