Euripides: Orestes
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 accessibl…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4725-2125-5
- EAN: 9781472521255
- Produktnummer: 17036735
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 176 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'064 KB
Über den Autor
Matthew Wright is 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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