Oresteia of Aeschylus

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Scott Bernstein was born in Massachusetts and graduated from the University of Sheffield. The Oresteia of Aeschylus is his first published work. Klappentext "The stories are familiar: family disharmony, mourning the loss of a loved one, vengeance, national tyranny, international war, a desire for justice. This new translation by Jeffrey Scott Bernstein, an independent scholar and novelist, preserves the artistry of the original while deploying a clear speech that directly addresses a twenty-first century temperament. The Oresteia, first performed in Greece in 458 bce, has been celebrated as an example of the highest literary art. The murder of King Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra, the bloody vengeance their son Orestes wreaks upon his mother, and the appearance of the goddess Athena to sort matters out, tells a foundation narrative of world drama. The trilogy traces a progression from personal blood feud to institutionalised justice, and in doing so celebrates, by the end, the triumph of democracy among the citizenry."-- Zusammenfassung A new verse translation of the Oresteia of Aeschylus, with illustrations by Tom Phillips.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Bernstein, Jeffrey Scott Bernstein, Jeffrey Scott Bernstein Ph.D.
• Assisted by: Tom Phillips (Illustration)
• Publisher: External catalogue UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781784108731
• ISBN: 978-1-78410-873-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Poetry, Klassische Dramen und Dramen (vor 1900), DRAMA / Ancient & Classical, POETRY / Ancient & Classical