Gender And The City In Euripides' Political Plays

Zusatztext [A] detailed, profound, and revealing analysis of the two 'political' plays ... These few examples are all that can be cited here of the strength of the evidence he cites to support his theses and the precision of his critical language; to appreciate the full effect, the reader must go to the book. Suffice it to say that in his sensitive analysis of these and other aspects of the two plays' structure and content he has rescued them from the critical limbo to which so many scholars had consigned them ... The somewhat abstract psychological analysis Mendelsohn proposes here may sound complex but it emerges convincingly from a close reading of the plays ... The review of his book, though selective and inadequate, is enough to establish the fact that his attempt is a brilliant success. Informationen zum Autor Daniel Mendelsohn is a writer and critic living in New York and Lecturer in the Department of Classics at Princeton University. Klappentext The first full-length study of Children of Herakles and Suppliant Women to appear in fifty years! Gender and the City in Euripides' Political Plays uses fresh insights into the Greek conception of gender and the Athenian ideology of civic identity to demonstrate at last the formal elegance and intellectual complexity of two works that are still dismissed as artistic failures within the poet's oeuvre. Zusammenfassung Presenting a study of "Children of Herakles" and "Suppliant Women", this book uses different insights into the Greek conception of gender and the Athenian ideology of civic identity. It demonstrates the formal elegance and intellectual complexity of two works that have been dismissed as artistic failures within the poet's oeuvre. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: Gender, Politics, Interpretation 2: Children of Herakles: Territories of the Other 3: Suppliant Women: Regulations of the Feminine 4: Conclusion

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Daniel Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam Mendelsohn, Mendelsohn Daniel
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.03.2005
• EAN: 9780199278046
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927804-6
• Pagine: 257
• Dimensioni: 133 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Gender studies, gender groups, Urban communities, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Gender Identity, Urban communities / city life