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Author: Teresa de la Parra
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 0292715714
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of Maria Eugenia Alonso, a girl brought up in France and forced to return to Venezuela when her father dies. Having had her inheritance stolen by an uncle, the family puts her up for marriage. Written in 1924.
Author: Barry Unsworth
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780393322835
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the harsh winds hold the Greek fleet trapped in the straits at Aulis waiting to sail toTroy, frustration and political impotence turn into a desire for the blood of a young and innocent woman.
Author: Euripides
Publisher: Aris and Phillips Classical Te
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 687
ISBN-13: 1911226460
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst English edition with commentary on one of Euripides' finest texts for 125 years, comprising two volumes sold together as a set (Volume 1: Introduction, Text and Translation; Volume 2: Commentary and Indexes).
Author: Frederic Aldin Hall
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 136
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 86
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Euripides
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1999-01-28
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 0191584452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is the second of three volumes of a new prose translation, with introduction and notes, of Euripides' most popular plays. The first three tragedies translated in this volume illustrate Euripides' extraordinary dramatic range. Iphigenia among the Taurians, set on the Black Sea at the edge of the known world, is much more than an exciting story of escape. It is remarkable for its sensitive delineation of character as it weighs Greek against barbarian civilization. Bacchae, a profound exploration of the human psyche, deals with the appalling consequences of resistance to Dionysus, god of wine and unfettered emotion. This tragedy, which above all others speaks to our post-Freudian era, is one of Euripides' two last surviving plays. The second, Iphigenia at Aulis, so vastly different as to highlight the playwright's Protean invention, centres on the ultimate dysfunctional family, that of Agamemnon, as natural emotion is tested in the tragic crucible of the Greek expedition against Troy. Rhesus, probably the work of another playwright, deals with a grisly event in the Trojan War. Like Iphigenia at Aulis, its `subject is war and the pity of war', but it is also an exciting, action-packed theatrical Iliad in miniature.
Author: Edith Hall
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
Published: 2013-01-10
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 0195392892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents a cultural history of the Greek tragedy and its influence on subsequent Greek and Roman art and literature.
Author: Isabelle Torrance
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-02-07
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1350070076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this new student introduction to a Greek tragedy, Isabelle Torrance looks at what makes Iphigenia among the Taurians a successful tragedy in ancient Greek terms, and how dramatic excitement is achieved through the exotic setting, the cast of characters, and the chorus. Assuming no knowledge of Greek, and with students in mind, the central themes of ethnicity and gender relations are examined to show how Euripides manipulates established stereotypes. The play was one of Aristotle's favourites and his enthusiasm derived from the fact that, in spite of its ostensibly happy ending, the play presents the audience with an exquisitely constructed reversal of events: when Iphigenia recognizes that she has been about to sacrifice her long-lost brother, kin-murder is avoided and the plot turns into an escape drama. Other significant concerns of the play surround ritual and the gods, and these are discussed to highlight how the drama asks probing theological questions. Finally, the vast reception history of the play in a variety of genres, such as ancient comedy, Roman philosophy, European opera, and 20th century theatre, is sketched out from antiquity to the present day.
Author: Poulheria Kyriakou
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2012-02-14
Total Pages: 517
ISBN-13: 3110926601
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work is the first major commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris to appear in English in more than 65 years. It offers detailed analysis of a fascinating play that scholars so far had considered mainly as a source of information about Athenian cult and viewed as a romantic adventure story with happy end. Apart from including sober assessments of textual, linguistic and metrical problems, the commentary sheds new light on the play’s treatment of myth, its intricate structure, presentation of character, and place in Euripides’ work. In particular it offers fresh insights into the play’s relationship to the literary tradition, especially its treatment of the crimes of the Pelopids, and its presentation of the complex, ambiguous relationship of humans and gods as well as that of Greeks and barbarians. Unlike most other tragedies, Iphigenia in Tauris does not feature any villain and avoids concentrating on past crimes and their corrosive influence on the characters’ present. The Taurians are not portrayed simply as savage and slow barbarians and Iphigenia, the most intelligent character, fails to transcend her limitations. Religion and cult in both myth and contemporary Athens are a mixture of traditional and invented elements and the play as a whole turns out to be an intriguing and unique experiment in Euripides’ career.
Author: Euripides
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Published: 1890
Total Pages: 206
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