The play of words : blood ties and power relations in Aeschylus' Oresteia / Giulia Maria Chesi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chesi, Giulia Maria, autor.

Series:

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; Volume 26.

Trends in Classics. Supplementary Volumes, 1868-4785 ; Volume 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeschylus. Oresteia.

Aeschylus.

Clytemnestra, Queen of Mycenae.

Clytemnestra.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The play of words" examines the dynamics of interfamilial violence in the Oresteia. It argues that the key element of the play's discourse about violence is to be found in the inquiry for a definition of Clytemnestra's motherhood. The failure of this research challenges the reader with some open questions: who is Clytemnestra? Where is justice if a mother dies? By reading the play's narrative on interfamilial violence and matricide as a narrative of uncertainties in terms of the role of the mother figure, this book illustrates the complexity of the maternal role of Clytemnestra. It also breaks silence among scholars, who have generally portrayed Clytemnestra as the bad mother who kills the children's father and as the bad wife who betrays her husband.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

Agamemnon

Choephoroi

Eumenides

General conclusions

Bibliographic References

Index of Names and Subjects

Index Locorum

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110390216

3110390213

9783110334333

311033433X

OCLC:

890070950