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Zusatztext The book strikes an excellent balance between general comments that can be applied to all tragedies and the consideration of specific examples from individual plays … Swift’s writing is admirably clear, succinct, and easy to read and abstract concepts are framed in a way that is likely to be accessible to the average undergraduate … This book is best for use in an introductory course. It offers an efficient and palatable way to prepare students to engage in informed discussions about a single tragedy or a selection of plays without predisposing them to any particular interpretation. Informationen zum Autor Laura Swift is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, UK. Her published titles include The Hidden Chorus (2010) and Euripides: Ion (Bloomsbury 2008). Klappentext The latest volume in the Classical World series, this book offers a much-needed up-to-date introduction to Greek tragedy, and covers the most important thematic topics studied at school or university level. After a brief analysis of the genre and main figures, it focuses on the broader questions of what defines tragedy, what its particular preoccupations are, and what makes these texts so widely studied and performed more than 2,000 years after they were written. As such, the book will be of interest to students taking broad courses on Greek tragedy, while also being suitable for the general reader who wants an overview of the subject. All passages of tragedy discussed are translated by the author and supplementary information includes a chronology of all the surviving tragedies, a glossary, and guidance on further reading.A new student introduction to Greek tragedy, presenting the latest research in an accessible concise text Zusammenfassung The latest volume in the Classical World series! this book offers a much-needed up-to-date introduction to Greek tragedy! and covers the most important thematic topics studied at school or university level. After a brief analysis of the genre and main figures! it focuses on the broader questions of what defines tragedy! what its particular preoccupations are! and what makes these texts so widely studied and performed more than 2!000 years after they were written. As such! the book will be of interest to students taking broad courses on Greek tragedy! while also being suitable for the general reader who wants an overview of the subject. All passages of tragedy discussed are translated by the author and supplementary information includes a chronology of all the surviving tragedies! a glossary! and guidance on further reading. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter One: Tragedy as a Genre Chapter Two: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides Chapter Three: Myth Chapter Four: Heroes Chapter Five: The Gods Chapter Six: Contemporary Thought Chapter Seven: Gender and the Family Chapter Eight: The Chorus Chronology Glossary of Greek and Technical Terms Suggestions for Further Reading Index ...
