Agamemnon of Aeschylus - A Commentary for Students

Zusatztext Raeburn and Thomas have provided a comprehensive and reliable guide to the Agamemnon that will be of use to students and scholars alike. Informationen zum Autor David Raeburn read Literae Humaniores at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1949. After a career as a classics teacher and headmaster, he has been teaching classical languages an the University of Oxford since 1991. He played a leading role in establishing the Summer School in Ancient Greek, organized by the Joint Association of Classics Teachers, and is also known as a director of student productions of many Greek tragedies including Agamemnon, both in Greek and in translation.Oliver Thomas graduated from New College, Oxford in 2004. He completed his doctorate in 2009, and is currently University Lecturer in Greek and Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge University Klappentext This commentary on Aeschylus' Agamemnon offers the reader a thorough introduction, extensive notes, and separate sections which explore Aeschylus' use of theatrical resources, an analysis of his distinctive poetic style and use of imagery, and an outline of the transmission of the play from 458 BC to the first printed editions. Zusammenfassung This commentary on Aeschylus' Agamemnon offers the reader a thorough introduction, extensive notes, and separate sections which explore Aeschylus' use of theatrical resources, an analysis of his distinctive poetic style and use of imagery, and an outline of the transmission of the play from 458 BC to the first printed editions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations Introduction 1: Agamemnon and the Oresteia 2: The historical context of the Oresteia 3: Aeschylus and previous versions of the myth 4: The ideas in Agamemnon 5: Aeschylus use of his medium 6: Dramatic technique: the power of words 7: The chorus 8: The solo characters 9: Language, imagery, and theme 10: The transmission of Agamemnon Text Commentary Appendix: Sound and rhythm Works cited Index ...

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• Authors: David Raeburn, David (Rodewald Lector in Classical Langu Raeburn, David (Rodewald Lector in Classical Languages Raeburn, Oliver Thomas, Oliver (University Lecturer in Greek and Fellow of St John's College Thomas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2011
• EAN: 9780199595617
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959561-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Literary studies: plays and playwrights