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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451673403321

Autore

Dué Casey <1974->

Titolo

The captive woman's lament in Greek tragedy [[electronic resource] /] / Casey Due

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, c2006

ISBN

0-292-79611-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

882/.01093522

Soggetti

Greek drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism

Laments - Greece - History and criticism

Women and literature - Greece

Prisoners of war in literature

Women prisoners in literature

Slavery in literature

Revenge in literature

Women in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Men's songs and women's songs -- Identifying with the enemy : love, loss, and longing in The Persians of Aeschylus -- Athenians and Trojans -- The captive woman's lament and her revenge in Euripides' Hecuba -- A river shouting with tears : Euripides' Trojan women -- The captive woman in the house : Euripides' Andromache.