Greek Tragedy: 13 (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World) - Tapa blanda

Rabinowitz, Nancy Sorkin

 
9781405121613: Greek Tragedy: 13 (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World)
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ISBN 10: 1405121610 ISBN 13: 9781405121613
Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

Sinopsis

Greek Tragedy sets ancient tragedy into its original theatrical, political and ritual context and applies modern critical approaches to understanding why tragedy continues to interest modern audiences.

  • An engaging introduction to Greek tragedy, its history, and its reception in the contemporary world with suggested readings for further study
  • Examines tragedy’s relationship to democracy, religion, and myth
  • Explores contemporary approaches to scholarship, including structuralist, psychoanalytic, and feminist theory
  • Provides a thorough examination of contemporary performance practices
  • Includes detailed readings of selected plays

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Acerca del autor

Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz is the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature at Hamilton College, where she teaches tragedy, modern drama, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction. She is the author of Anxiety Veiled: Euripides and the Traffic in Women (1993), as well as the co-editor of Feminist Theory and the Classics (1993), Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic in the Ancient World (2002), and Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides (1998), for which she translated Euripides’ Alcestis.

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This is an engaging introduction to Greek tragedy, its history, and its reception in the contemporary world. Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz sets ancient tragedy into its original theatrical, political, and ritual context and applies modern critical approaches to understanding why tragedy continues to interest modern audiences.

Presenting multiple perspectives and addressing the significant topics in the field, this comprehensive book examines tragedy's relationship to Athenian democracy, religion, and myth. It explores how contemporary approaches to scholarship – including structuralist, psychoanalytic, and feminist theory – have changed the study and reception of Greek tragedy. Providing a thorough examination of ancient performance practices, and including detailed readings of selected plays, this text explores tragedy’s ideology and effects, illuminating the reasons why Greek tragedy continues to be a subject of consequence to the modern world.

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Editorial
Wiley-Blackwell
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1405121610
ISBN 13 
9781405121613
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
232
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9781405121606: Greek Tragedy: 12 (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World)

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ISBN 10:  1405121602 ISBN 13:  9781405121606
Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008
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