The Complete Euripides Volume II Electra and Other Plays
The Complete Euripides Volume II Electra and Other Plays
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The Complete Euripides Volume II Electra and Other Plays by Peter Burian
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. This volume collects Euripides' Electra (translated by Janet Lembke and Kenneth J. Reckford), an exciting story of vengeance that counterposes suspense and horror with comic realism; Orestes (John Peck and Frank Nisetich), the tragedy of a young man who kills his mother to avenge her murder of his father; Iphigenia in Tauris (Richmond Lattimore), a delicately written and beautifully contrived Euripidean "romance"; and Iphigeneia at Aulis (W. S. Merwin and George E. Dimock, Jr.), a compelling look at the devastating consequence of "man's inhumanity to man." This volume reprints the informative introductions and notes of the original editions, and adds a single combined glossary and Greek line numbers.
the poets in these volumes communicate a freshness and vitality.. The vivid and responsive re-creations are a clear first-choice recommendation for the general reader * James Morwood, Classical Review *
Peter Burian is Professor of Classical & Comparative Literatures, and Theater Studies at Duke University. Alan Shapiro is Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A winner of the prestigious Lila Wallace Reader's Digest award 1992-95, he is the author of several poetry collections, including Tantalus in Love, Song and Dance, and The Dead Alive and Busy. Burian and Shapiro are editors of the Greek Tragedy in Translations series.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780195388688 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195388682 |
| Title | The Complete Euripides Volume II Electra and Other Plays |
| Author | Peter Burian |
| Series | Greek Tragedy In New Translations |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2010-07-29 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |