The Plays of Euripides by James Morwood

The Plays of Euripides by James Morwood

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This book aims to show how Euripides was continually reinventing himself. A truly Protean figure, he seems to set out on a new journey in each of his surviving nineteen plays. Morwood's chapters identify the themes that underlie the plays and concentrate, above all, on demonstrating the extraordinary diversity of this great dramatist.

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The Plays of Euripides by James Morwood

This book aims to show how Euripides was continually reinventing himself. A truly Protean figure, he seems to set out on a new journey in each of his surviving nineteen plays. Morwood's chapters identify the themes that underlie the plays and concentrate, above all, on demonstrating the extraordinary diversity of this great dramatist.
James Morwood is Grocyn Lecturer in Classics, Oxford University, and Dean of Wadham College; he was formerly head of Classics at Harrow School. His numerous publications include translations of eleven of Euripides' plays in the Oxford World Classics Series (1997, 1999, 2001). His interests in drama extend beyond the ancient world: he has written The Life and Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1985) and co-edited Sheridan Studies (1995).
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ISBN 13 9781853996146
ISBN 10 1853996149
Title The Plays of Euripides
Author James Morwood
Series Classical World Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2002-03-27
Number of pages 110
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