Three Tragedies by Renaissance Women Writers
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Three Tragedies by Renaissance Women Writers by Diane Purkiss
This volume contains unmodernized versions of plays by each of the three leading Renaissance women dramatists: Elizabeth Cary's "The Tragedie of Mariam" (1613), the story of the plight of a woman married against her will to an unbending tyrant; June Lumley's version of Euripides' "Iphigenia" (1550), the earliest surviving translation of a Greek tragedy; and Mary Sidney's "Antonie" (1590), a blank verse translation of a French Senecan play. Intended for private production, all three were able to address contentious political issues - the nature of the good ruler, resistance to unjust authority - which were seldom permitted on the public stage.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780140436105 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140436103 |
| Title | Three Tragedies by Renaissance Women Writers |
| Author | Diane Purkiss |
| Series | Penguin Classics: Penguin Dramatists S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1998-06-25 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |