Myth and tragedy in ancient Greece / Jean-Pierre Vernant, Pierre Vidal-Naquet ; translated by Janet Lloyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vernant, Jean-Pierre, 1914-2007.

Contributor:

Vidal-Naquet, Pierre, 1930-2006.

Standardized Title:

Mythe et tragédie en Grèce ancienne. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Mythology, Greek, in literature.

Physical Description:

527 pages ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Zone Books ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by MIT Press, 1988.

Summary:

In this work, published here as a single volume, the authors present a disturbing and decidedly non-classical reading of Greek tragedy that insists on its radical discontinuity with our own outlook and with our social, aesthetic, and psychological categories.

Notes:

Translation of: Mythe et tragédie en Grèce ancienne.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0942299183

0942299191

OCLC:

17199745