Euripides Trojan women / / Barbara Goff

• Autore: Goff Barbara
• Pubblicazione: London, : Bloomsbury, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (174 pages)
• Disciplina: 882.01
• Soggetto topico: Greek drama (Tragedy)
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Euripides
• ISBN: 1-4725-3980-X; 1-4725-2121-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787528903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Duckworth companions to Greek and Roman tragedy.