David Stuttard: Looking at Medea

Cover: 9781472530516 | Looking at Medea | David Stuttard | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2014

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Beschreibung

Euripides' Medea is one of the most often read, studied and performed of all Greek tragedies. A searingly cruel story of a woman's brutal revenge on a husband who has rejected her for a younger and richer bride, it is unusual among Greek dramas for its acute portrayal of female psychology. Medea can appear at once timeless and strikingly modern. Yet, the play is very much a product of the political and social world of fifth century Athens and an understanding of its original context, as well as a consideration of the responses of later ages, is crucial to appreciating this work and its legacy. This collection of essays by leading academics addresses these issues, exploring key themes such as revenge, character, mythology, the end of the play, the chorus and Medea's role as a witch. Other essays look at the play's context, religious connotations, stagecraft and reception. The essays are accompanied by David Stuttard's English translation of the play, which is performer-friendly, accessible yet accurate and closely faithful to the original.

Über den Autor

David Stuttard is founder of the theatre company, Actors of Dionysus, translator of numerous Greek plays, and author of titles including Parthenon, Power and Politics on the Acropolis (2013), Looking at Lysistrata (Bloomsbury, 2010) and The Romans Who Shaped Britain (2012).

Zusammenfassung

Volume includes an accessible, contemporary and performable translation of the play

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Foreword
David Stuttard: Introduction: Medea in Context
1. Jasper Griffin: Murder in the Family, Medea and Others
2. Carmel McCallum-Barry: On Medea
3. Ioanna Karamanou: Otherness and Exile: The Trilogy of 431 BC
4. Rosie Wyles: Staging Medea
5. Ian Ruffell: Medea's Nurse
6. James Morwood: Understanding Jason
7. Richard Rutherford: The End of Medea
8. Sophie Mills: The Chorus in Medea
9. Hanna Roisman: Vengeance in Medea
10. Douglas Cairns: Medea: Feminism or Misogyny?
11. Edith Hall: Medea and the Divine
12. Betine Van Zyl Smit: Black Medeas
Euripides, Medea, translated by David Stuttard
Bibliography
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781472530516
ISBN-10:	1472530519
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion:	Stuttard, David
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	David Stuttard
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.07.2014
Gewicht:	0,298 kg