Euripides Plays: 1: Medea; the Phoenician Women; Bacchae
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Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series. Always controversial, Euripides' plays are now celebrated for the subtlety of their characterisation and their unorthodox dramatic style. This volume contains three of his finest tragedies: Medea, the abandoned wife, who murders her own children; The Phoenician Women, a further twist in the story of Oedipus and Jocasta; and Bacchae, a macabre and complex play, about the power and irrationality of Dionysos. These translations are by David Thompson and J. Michael Walton.With an introduction by J. Michael Walton
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 297 mm x 210 mm
WEIGHT : 512 g
SERIES : Classical Dramatists
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series. Always controversial, Euripides' plays are now celebrated for the subtlety of their characterisation and their unorthodox dramatic style. This volume contains three of his finest tragedies: Medea, the abandoned wife, who murders her own children; The Phoenician Women, a further twist in the story of Oedipus and Jocasta; and Bacchae, a macabre and complex play, about the power and irrationality of Dionysos. These translations are by David Thompson and J. Michael Walton.With an introduction by J. Michael Walton
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9780413752802 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Euripides, EDITED BY Walton, J. Michael, INTRODUCTION BY Walton, J. Michael, TRANSLATED BY Thompson, David, TRANSLATED BY Walton, J. Michael | |
| PUBLISHER : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | PUBLICATION DATE : November 09, 2000 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Methuen Drama |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : Tertiary Education |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 512 g
SERIES : Classical Dramatists
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies