Euripides Trojan women Barbara Goff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goff, Barbara, author.

Series:

Duckworth companions to Greek and Roman tragedy.

Duckworth companions to Greek and Roman tragedy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Euripides. Trojan women--Criticism and interpretation.

Euripides.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Set at the end of the Trojan war, 'Euripides' Trojan Women' depicts the women of Troy as they wait to be taken into slavery. While choral songs recall the death-throes of the great city, the scenes between the old queen, Hekabe, and the women of her family explore the consequences of the defeat, from the rape of Cassandra, through the triumphant self-exculpation of Helen, to the pitiful death of the child Astyanax, who is thrown from the walls of his ravaged city. Barbara Goff sets the play in its historical, dramatic and literary contexts, and provides a scene-by-scene analysis which brings out the pace and intellectual vigour of the play. The main themes are fully discussed, and the book also introduces readers to the issues that have divided critics, such as the extent to which the play responds to the historical events of the Peloponnesian War. The final chapter, which deals with the reception of the play, offers new insights into several modern works."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Set at the end of the Trojan war, "Euripides' Trojan Women" depicts the women of Troy as they wait to be taken into slavery. While choral songs recall the death-throes of the great city, the scenes between the old queen, Hekabe, and the women of her family explore the consequences of the defeat, from the rape of Cassandra, through the triumphant self-exculpation of Helen, to the pitiful death of the child Astyanax, who is thrown from the walls of his ravaged city. Barbara Goff sets the play in its historical, dramatic and literary contexts, and provides a scene-by-scene analysis which brings out the pace and intellectual vigour of the play. The main themes are fully discussed, and the book also introduces readers to the issues that have divided critics, such as the extent to which the play responds to the historical events of the Peloponnesian War. The final chapter, which deals with the reception of the play, offers new insights into several modern works

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

1. Contexts

'What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba?'

What's Hecuba to us?

Athens in 415

Tragedy in 415

Melos in 416

2. The Play

The gods

Hekabe

The chorus

Talthybios

Kassandra

Andromache

Helen

Astyanax

3. Twentieth-century Receptions

Jean-Paul Sartre, Les Troyennes

Michael Cacoyannis, Trojan Women

Andrei Serban, Fragments of a Greek Trilogy, and Tadashi Suzuki, Trojan Women

Tony Harrison, Common Chorus II

Brendan Kennelly, The Trojan Women

Charles Mee, The Trojan Women 2.0: a love story

Ellen McLaughlin, The Trojan Women, and Karen Hartman, Troy Women

Femi Osofisan, The Women of Owu

Notes

Guide to Further Reading

Bibliography

Glossary

Chronology

Index.

Notes:

First published in 2009 by Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd. Reprinted by Bloomsbury Academic 2013

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9781472539809

147253980X

9781472521217

1472521218

OCLC:

858763444