03470nam 22006371c 450 991080702810332120200115203623.01-4725-3958-31-4725-0249-310.5040/9781472539588(CKB)2670000000310202(EBL)1080341(OCoLC)820011188(SSID)ssj0000812575(PQKBManifestationID)11512390(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000812575(PQKBWorkID)10860292(PQKB)10073672(MiAaPQ)EBC1080341(Au-PeEL)EBL1080341(CaPaEBR)ebr10632571(CaONFJC)MIL603626(OCoLC)893336188(UtOrBLW)bpp09255203(EXLCZ)99267000000031020220140929d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAeschylusPrometheus bound /I.A. Ruffell1st ed.London Bristol Classical Press 2012.1 online resource (177 p.)Companions to Greek and Roman tragedyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7156-3476-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexPreface -- Themes, Contexts and Receptions -- Gods and Other Monsters -- Technology and Civilisation -- Making a Spectacle -- The Radical Tradition -- Timeline -- Abbreviations and Select Bibliography -- References -- Index"Prometheus Bound is a play beloved of revolutionaries, romantics and rebels, with a fierce optimism tempered by an acute awareness of the compromises, dangers and obsessions of political action. This companion sets the play in its historical context, explores its challenge to authority, and traces its reception from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Many scholars have disputed its Aeschylean authorship, but it has proved the most influential of tragedies outside academia. Marx's favourite tragedy, PrometheusBound is also a foundational text for the genre of science fiction through its influence on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In its open-eyed celebration of technology and democracy, it is the tragedy for the modern age."--Bloomsbury PublishingPrometheus Bound is a play beloved of revolutionaries, romantics and rebels, with a fierce optimism tempered by an acute awareness of the compromises, dangers and obsessions of political action. This companion sets the play in its historical context, explores its challenge to authority, and traces its reception from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Many scholars have disputed its Aeschylean authorship, but it has proved the most influential of tragedies outside academia. Marx's favourite tragedy, Prometheus Bound is also a foundational text for the genre of science fiction through its influence on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In its open-eyed celebration of technology and democracy, it is the tragedy for the modern ageCompanions to Greek and Roman tragedy.Greek drama (Tragedy)GreeceGreek drama (Tragedy)882.01882.01Ruffell Ian476682UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910807028103321Aeschylus4025352UNINA