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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463332303321

Autore

Goff Barbara

Titolo

Euripides Trojan women / Barbara Goff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Bloomsbury, 2013

ISBN

1-4725-3980-X

1-4725-2121-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 pages)

Collana

Duckworth companions to Greek and Roman tragedy

Disciplina

882.01

Soggetti

Greek drama (Tragedy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Sommario/riassunto

"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