The lost plays of Greek tragedy volume 2 Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides Matthew Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Matthew (Matthew Ephraim), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeschylus. Fragments--Criticism and interpretation.

Aeschylus.

Sophocles. Fragments--Criticism and interpretation.

Sophocles.

Euripides. Fragments--Criticism and interpretation.

Euripides.

Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury Publishing 2019.

Summary:

"The surviving works of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have been familiar to readers and theatregoers for centuries; but these works are far outnumbered by their lost plays. Between them these authors wrote around two hundred tragedies, the fragmentary remains of which are utterly fascinating. In this, the second volume of a major new survey of the tragic genre, Matthew Wright offers an authoritative critical guide to the lost plays of the three best-known tragedians. (The other Greek tragedians and their work are discussed in Volume 1: Neglected Authors.) What can we learn about the lost plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides from fragments and other types of evidence? How can we develop strategies or methodologies for 'reading' lost plays? Why were certain plays preserved and transmitted while others disappeared from view? Would we have a different impression of the work of these classic authors - or of Greek tragedy as a whole - if a different selection of plays had survived? This book answers such questions through a detailed study of the fragments in their historical and literary context. Making use of recent scholarly developments and new editions of the fragments, The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy makes these works fully accessible for the first time."--Bloomsbury Publishing

The surviving works of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have been familiar to readers and theatregoers for centuries; but these works are far outnumbered by their lost plays. Between them these authors wrote around two hundred tragedies, the fragmentary remains of which are utterly fascinating. In this, the second volume of a major new survey of the tragic genre, Matthew Wright offers an authoritative critical guide to the lost plays of the three best-known tragedians. (The other Greek tragedians and their work are discussed in Volume 1: Neglected Authors.) What can we learn about the lost plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides from fragments and other types of evidence? How can we develop strategies or methodologies for 'reading' lost plays? Why were certain plays preserved and transmitted while others disappeared from view? Would we have a different impression of the work of these classic authors - or of Greek tragedy as a whole - if a different selection of plays had survived? This book answers such questions through a detailed study of the fragments in their historical and literary context. Making use of recent scholarly developments and new editions of the fragments, The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy makes these works fully accessible for the first time

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Aeschylus

2. Sophocles

3. Euripides

4. Unfamiliar Faces

5. Lost Tragedies in Performance

Bibliography and Abbreviations

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9781474276450

1474276458

9781474276498

1474276490

9781474276481

1474276482

OCLC:

1090426390