Euripides our contemporary / J. Michael Walton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walton, J. Michael, 1939- author.

Series:

Plays and Playwrights.

Plays and Playwrights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Euripides--Criticism and interpretation.

Euripides.

Mythology, Greek, in literature.

Tragedy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Methuen Drama, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Euripides Our Contemporary is a major new study of the work of the great classical tragedian that illuminates his work and demonstrates both its vitality and how it continues to speak to us today. Taking a thematic approach to Euripides' plays it provides the reader with a wide-ranging and thorough appreciation of the writer's entire canon. For students, teachers and practitioners this is the best single-volume treatment of the writer's work, considering the plays for their accessibility and for their focus on issues and concerns which are as significant as ever in the modern world.

Contents:

Introduction

- 1. Domesticating Tragedy. 1. Playmaker and Image-Breaker

2. The Family Saga: Phoenician Women, Bacchae, Iphigeneia at Aulis

3. Women and Men: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus

4. The Comic Touch: Cyclops, Ion, Orestes, Electra, Bacchae, Children of Heracles, Helen

- II. Powerful Forces: The Grand Passions. 5. War and the Military: Rhesus, Trojan Women, Suppliants, Iphigeneia at Aulis

6. Revenge: Electra, Hecuba, Children of Heracles, Andromache, Medea

7. Immortals and Mortals: Alcestis, Iphigeneia Among the Taurians, Electra, Rhesus, Ion, Hippolytus, Bacchae

8. Sanity, Madness and Responsibility: Orestes, Heracles, Bacchae, Electra

- III. Theatre Theatrical. 9. Playing the Game: Illusion and Reality: Hecuba, Suppliants, Ion, Rhesus, Helen, Bacchae

10. Great Roles: Medea, Alcestis, Heracles, Hippolytus, Iphigeneia at Aulis, Hecuba, Electra, Helen, Bacchae

11. Heirs to the Legacy: Shaw, Strindberg, Brecht, Pirandello, Anouilh, Sondheim, Frisch

- Appendix: A plot summary of all nineteen surviving plays.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781408143926

1408143925

9781408143933

1408143933

OCLC:

779827140