An Introduction to Greek Tragedy - Brossura

Scodel, Ruth

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521705606 ISBN 13: 9780521705608

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

This book provides an accessible introduction for students and anyone interested in increasing their enjoyment of Greek tragic plays. Whether readers are studying Greek culture, performing a Greek tragedy, or simply interested in reading a Greek play, this book will help them to understand and enjoy this challenging and rewarding genre. An Introduction to Greek Tragedy provides background information, helps readers appreciate, enjoy and engage with the plays themselves, and gives them an idea of the important questions in current scholarship on tragedy. Ruth Scodel seeks to dispel misleading assumptions about tragedy, stressing how open the plays are to different interpretations and reactions. In addition to general background, the book also includes chapters on specific plays, both the most familiar titles and some lesser-known plays - Persians, Helen and Orestes - in order to convey the variety that the tragedies offer readers.

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Recensione

'Scodel's book is an accessible and lively account of a complex dramatic form with enduring interest for modern audiences. In addition to providing reliable background information, she draws her readers into fascinating debates about the origins, staging, and interpretation of tragedy and brings to life both familiar and lesser-known characters in her lucid analyses of individual plays.' Laura McClure, University of Wisconsin, Madison

'An engaging overview that is informative and accessible without being bland or reductive. Scodel dispenses with unhelpful truisms to present tragedy as a diverse and much-debated art form with multiple meanings and functions.' Sheila Murnaghan, University of Pennsylvania

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An accessible introduction for students and anyone interested in increasing their enjoyment of Greek tragic plays. An Introduction to Greek Tragedy provides background information; helps readers appreciate, enjoy and engage with the plays themselves; and gives them an idea of the important questions in current scholarship on tragedy.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521705606
• ISBN 13: 9780521705608
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 226