Isabelle Torrance: Euripides | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781848856684 | Euripides | Isabelle Torrance | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2019

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Beschreibung

Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides are often described as the greatest tragedians of the ancient world. Of these three pivotal founders of modern drama, Euripides is characterized as the interloper and the innovator: the man who put tragic verse into the mouths of slaves, women and the socially inferior in order to address vital social issues such as sex, class and gender relations. It is perhaps little wonder that his work should find such resonance in the modern day.

In this concise introduction, Isabelle Torrance engages with the thematic, cultural and scholarly difficulties that surround his plays to demonstrate why Euripides remains a figure of perennial relevance. Addressing here issues of social context, performance theory, fifth-century philosophy and religion, textual criticism and reception, the author presents an astute and attractively-written guide to the Euripidean corpus - from the widely read and celebrated Medea to the lesser-known and deeply ambiguous Alcestis.

Über den Autor

Isabelle Torrance is Professor of Classical Reception and Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark.

Zusammenfassung

Looks at key issues of performance, religion and social context

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. Life and Works
II. Spectacular Theatre
III. Religion and Philosophy
IV. Rhetoric and Relevance
V. Literary Sophistication
VI. Conflicts: Ancient and Modern

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Genre:	Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781848856684
ISBN-10:	1848856687
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Torrance, Isabelle
Redaktion:	Stoneman, Richard
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Academic
Maße:	217 x 141 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Isabelle Torrance
Erscheinungsdatum:	21.03.2019
Gewicht:	0,25 kg

Artikel-ID: 115376814