Greek Tragedy - Suffering Under the Sun

Informationen zum Autor After holding posts at the universities of Cambridge, Reading, Oxford, and Durham, Edith Hall took up a Research Chair in Classics and Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London, in 2006, where she directs the Centre for the Reception of Greece & Rome. She is also Co-Founder and Co-Director, with Oliver Taplin, of the Archive of Performances of Greek & Roman Drama at the University of Oxford, and Chairs the Gilbert Murray Trust. Besides regularly acting as consultant on professional productions of ancient Greek drama, she has contributed to numerous radio and television programmes on ancient Greece and Rome and their legacies in the modern world. Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung An illustrated introduction to ancient Greek tragedy, written by one of its most distinguished experts, which provides all the background information necessary for understanding the context and content of the dramas. A special feature is an individual essay on every one of the surviving 33 plays. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: What is Greek Tragedy? 1: Play Makers 2: Community Identities 3: Confrontations 4: Minds 5: Aeschylean Drama 6: Euripidean Drama 7: Sophoclean Drama Postscript: Greek Tragedy and Greek Tragic Fragments Today

Product details

• Authors: Hall, Edith Hall, Edith (Research Professor in Classics & Dram Hall, Edith (Research Professor in Classics & Drama Hall, Hall Edith
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2010
• EAN: 9780199232512
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923251-2
• No. of pages: 430
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Literary studies: plays and playwrights