Aeschylus: The Oresteia

Aeschylus: The Oresteia

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Zusammenfassung

This is a general introduction in English to Aeschylus's Oresteia. Dr Goldhill focuses on the play's themes of justice, sexual politics, violence, and the position of man within culture, and explores how Aeschylus constructs a myth for the city in which he lived.

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Aeschylus: The Oresteia by Simon Goldhill

This is a general introduction in English to Aeschylus's Oresteia, the most important and most influential of all Greek dramas. It discusses the Greek drama festival and the social and political background of Greek tragedy, and offers a reading of this central trilogy. Dr Goldhill focuses on the play's themes of justice, sexual politics, violence, and the position of man within culture, and explores how Aeschylus constructs a myth for the city in which he lived. A final chapter considers the influence of the Oresteia on later theater, and there is a guide to further reading.
"..this is a very good little book. It should be recommended to students coming to the trilogy for the first time." Bryn Mawr Classical Review
SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9780521408530
ISBN 10 0521408539
Titel Aeschylus: The Oresteia
Autor Simon Goldhill
Serie Landmarks Of World Literature
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1992-09-24
Seitenanzahl 114
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