Matthew Wright: Euripides | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780715637142 | Euripides | Orestes | Matthew Wright | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2008

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"Orestes" was one of Euripides' most popular plays in antiquity. Its plot, which centres on Orestes' murder of his mother Clytemnestra and its aftermath, is exciting as well as morally complex; its presentation of madness is unusually intense and disturbing; it deals with politics in a way which has resonances for both ancient and modern democracies; and, it has a brilliantly unexpected and ironic ending. Nevertheless, "Orestes" is not much read or performed in modern times. Why should this be so? Perhaps it is because "Orestes" does not conform to modern audiences' expectations of what a 'Greek tragedy' should be. This book makes "Orestes" accessible to modern readers and performers by explicitly acknowledging the gap between ancient and modern ideas of tragedy. If we are to appreciate what is unusual about the play, we have to think in terms of its impact on its original audience. What did they expect from a tragedy, and what would they have made of "Orestes"?

Über den Autor

Matthew Wrightis Professor of Greek at the University of Exeter, UK. He has published widely on Greek tragedy and comedy, including The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy (Volume 1): Neglected Authors(Bloomsbury, 2016) and The Comedian as Critic(Bloomsbury, 2012).

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Erscheinungsjahr:	2008
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Schulbücher
Rubrik:	Schule & Lernen
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780715637142
ISBN-10:	0715637142
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Wright, Matthew
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Matthew Wright
Erscheinungsdatum:	10.11.2008
Gewicht:	0,232 kg