Gender and the city in Euripides' political plays / Daniel Mendelsohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political plays, Greek--History and criticism.

Political plays, Greek.

Man-woman relationships in literature.

Politics and literature--Greece.

Politics and literature.

City and town life in literature.

Mythology, Greek, in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Tragedy.

Euripides--Political and social views.

Euripides.

Euripides. Children of Heracles.

Euripides. Supplices.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Daniel Mendelsohn makes use of insights into classical Greek conceptions of gender and Athenian notions of civic identity to demonstrate that the plays 'Children of Herakles' and 'Suppliant Women' by Euripides are subtle and coherent exercises in political theorizing.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. Introduction: Gender, Politics, Interpretation""; ""2. Children of Herakles: Territories of the Other""; ""3. Suppliant Women: Regulations of the Feminine""; ""4. Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-248) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-927804-0

1-281-93041-5

9786611930417

0-19-153040-9

OCLC:

302365280