A Companion To Aeschylus

Author : Peter Burian,Jacques Bromberg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405188043

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A Companion to Aeschylus by Peter Burian,Jacques Bromberg Pdf

A COMPANION TO AESCHYLUS A COMPANION TO AESCHYLUS In A Companion to Aeschylus, a team of eminent Aeschyleans and brilliant younger scholars delivers an insightful and original multi-authored examination—the first comprehensive one in English—of the works of the earliest surviving Greek tragedian. This book explores Aeschylean drama, and its theatrical, historical, philosophical, religious, and socio-political contexts, as well as the receptions and influence of Aeschylus from antiquity to the present day. This companion offers readers thorough examinations of Aeschylus as a product of his time, including his place in the early years of the Athenian democracy and his immediate and ongoing impact on tragedy. It also provides comprehensive explorations of all the surviving plays, including Prometheus Bound, which many scholars have concluded is not by Aeschylus. A Companion to Aeschylus is an ideal resource for students encountering the work of Aeschylus for the first time as well as more advanced scholars seeking incisive treatment of his individual works, their cultural context and their enduring significance. Written in an accessible format, with the Greek translated into English and technical terminology avoided as much as possible, the book belongs in the library of anyone looking for a fresh and authoritative account of works of continuing interest and importance to readers and theatre-goers alike.

Author : Rebecca Futo Kennedy
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004348820

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Brill's Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus by Rebecca Futo Kennedy Pdf

Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus explores the various ways Aeschylus’ tragedies have been revisioned and adapted over the last 2500 years, focusing both on his theatrical reception and his reception in other media and genres.

Author : Justina Gregory
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405152051

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A Companion to Greek Tragedy by Justina Gregory Pdf

The Blackwell Companion to Greek Tragedy provides readers with a fundamental grounding in Greek tragedy, and also introduces them to the various methodologies and the lively critical dialogue that characterize the study of Greek tragedy today. Comprises 31 original essays by an international cast of contributors, including up-and-coming as well as distinguished senior scholars Pays attention to socio-political, textual, and performance aspects of Greek tragedy All ancient Greek is transliterated and translated, and technical terms are explained as they appear Includes suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, and a generous and informative combined bibliography

Author : Kirk Ormand
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781119025535

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A Companion to Sophocles by Kirk Ormand Pdf

A Companion to Sophocles presents the first comprehensive collection of essays in decades to address all aspects of the life, works, and critical reception of Sophocles. First collection of its kind to provide introductory essays to the fragments of his lost plays and to the remaining fragments of one satyr-play, the Ichneutae, in addition to each of his extant tragedies Features new essays on Sophoclean drama that go well beyond the current state of scholarship on Sophocles Presents readings that historicize Sophocles in relation to the social, cultural, and intellectual world of fifth century Athens Seeks to place later interpretations and adaptations of Sophocles in their historical context Includes essays dedicated to issues of gender and sexuality; significant moments in the history of interpreting Sophocles; and reception of Sophocles by both ancient and modern playwrights

Author : John Ferguson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780292759701

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A Companion to Greek Tragedy by John Ferguson Pdf

This handbook provides students and scholars with a highly readable yet detailed analysis of all surviving Greek tragedies and satyr plays. John Ferguson places each play in its historical, political, and social context—important for both Athenian and modern audiences—and he displays a keen, discriminating critical competence in dealing with the plays as literature. Ferguson is sensitive to the meter and sound of Greek tragedy, and, with remarkable success, he manages to involve even the Greekless reader in an actual encounter with the Greek as poetry. He examines language and metrics in relation to each tragedian's dramatic purpose, thus elucidating the crucial dimension of technique that other handbooks, mostly the work of philologists, renounce in order to concentrate on structure and plot. The result is perceptive criticism in which the quality of Ferguson's scholarship vouches for what he sees in the plays. The book is prefaced with a general introduction to ancient Greek theatrical production, and there is a brief biographical sketch of each tragedian. Footnotes are avoided: the object of this handbook is to introduce readers to the plays as dramatic poetry, not to detail who said what about them. There is an extensive bibliography for scholars and a glossary of Greek words to assist the student with the operative moral and stylistic terms of Greek tragedy.

Author : Rebecca Bushnell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405141420

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A Companion to Tragedy by Rebecca Bushnell Pdf

A Companion to Tragedy is an essential resource for anyone interested in exploring the role of tragedy in Western history and culture. Tells the story of the historical development of tragedy from classical Greece to modernity Features 28 essays by renowned scholars from multiple disciplines, including classics, English, drama, anthropology and philosophy Broad in its scope and ambition, it considers interpretations of tragedy through religion, philosophy and history Offers a fresh assessment of Ancient Greek tragedy and demonstrates how the practice of reading tragedy has changed radically in the past two decades

Author : P. E. Easterling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1997-10-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521423511

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The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy by P. E. Easterling Pdf

As a creative medium, ancient Greek tragedy has had an extraordinarily wide influence: many of the surviving plays are still part of the theatrical repertoire, and texts like Agamemnon, Antigone, and Medea have had a profound effect on Western culture. This Companion is not a conventional introductory textbook but an attempt, by seven distinguished scholars, to present the familiar corpus in the context of modern reading, criticism, and performance of Greek tragedy. There are three main emphases: on tragedy as an institution in the civic life of ancient Athens, on a range of different critical interpretations arising from fresh readings of the texts, and on changing patterns of reception, adaptation, and performance from antiquity to the present. Each chapter can be read independently, but each is linked with the others, and most examples are drawn from the same selection of plays.

Author : Andreas Markantonatos
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1227 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004435353

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Brill's Companion to Euripides (2 vols) by Andreas Markantonatos Pdf

Brill’s Companion to Euripides, as well as presenting a comprehensive and authoritative guide to understanding Euripides and his masterworks, provides scholars and students with compelling fresh perspectives upon a broad range of issues in the field of Euripidean studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Companion to Greek Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andreas Markantonatos
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 759 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004217621

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Brill's Companion to Sophocles by Andreas Markantonatos Pdf

Brill's Companion to Sophocles offers 32 specially commissioned essays from leading international scholars which give critical examinations of the progress and direction of numerous wide-ranging debates about various aspects of Sophoclean drama. Each chapter offers an authoritative and state-of-the-art survey of current thinking and research in a particular subject area, as well as covering a wide variety of thematic angles. Recent advances in scholarship have raised new questions about Sophocles and Greek tragedy, and have overturned some long-standing assumptions. Besides presenting a comprehensive and authoritative guide to understanding Sophocles, this companion provides scholars and students with compelling fresh perspectives upon a broad range of issues in the field of Sophoclean studies.

Author : Martin Hose,David Schenker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781444339420

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A Companion to Greek Literature by Martin Hose,David Schenker Pdf

A Companion to Greek Literature presents a comprehensive introduction to the wide range of texts and literary forms produced in the Greek language over the course of a millennium beginning from the 6th century BCE up to the early years of the Byzantine Empire. Features contributions from a wide range of established experts and emerging scholars of Greek literature Offers comprehensive coverage of the many genres and literary forms produced by the ancient Greeks—including epic and lyric poetry, oratory, historiography, biography, philosophy, the novel, and technical literature Includes readings that address the production and transmission of ancient Greek texts, historic reception, individual authors, and much more Explores the subject of ancient Greek literature in innovative ways

Author : Aeschylus
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780199753635

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The Complete Aeschylus by Aeschylus Pdf

Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro's masterful translation of The Oresteia, originally published in 2003, is being repackaged for the collected volumes in the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series. Burian will add Greek line numbers and update the introduction and bibliography.

Author : A. F. Garvie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474233293

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The Plays of Aeschylus by A. F. Garvie Pdf

This excellent introduction to the six extant plays of Aeschylus is fully revised and updated, with additional further reading, ideal for the student unfamiliar with these earliest of Greek tragedies. Aeschylus is the oldest of the three great Greek tragedians and lived from 525/524 to 465/455. He took part in the battle of Marathon in 490 and probably also in the battle of Salamis in 480, the subject of his Persians. Working in chronological order of their first production, this volume explores Persians, the earliest Greek tragedy that has come down to us; Seven against Thebes; Suppliants; and the three plays of the Oresteia trilogy: Agamemnon, Libation Bearers and Eumenides. The book also contains an essay on Prometheus Bound, now generally thought not to be by Aeschylus, but accepted as his in antiquity. The volume is a companion to The Plays of Euripides (by James Morwood) and The Plays of Sophocles (by Alex Garvie) also available in second editions from Bloomsbury. A further essential guide to the themes and context of ancient Greek tragedy may be found in Laura Swift's new introductory volume, Greek Tragedy.

Author : Leah Himmelhoch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-13
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350154926

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Aeschylus: Agamemnon by Leah Himmelhoch Pdf

This accessible edition for students brings the Agamemnon, Aeschylus' opening play in the Oresteia trilogy, to life for first-time readers. A hugely popular play in antiquity and with a rich reception history to the present day, this is an essential play for students of classics, drama and the canon of western literature. Leah Himmelhoch provides a helpful guide for students and instructors wishing to study and teach the play, building on her over twenty-five years of experience teaching college and university students. A quick introduction sets out Agamemnon's historical, literary, and performative context, its use of imagery and themes (especially gender conflict and the perversion of sacrificial ritual), and its subsequent literary and cultural impact while extensive commentary notes guide students through every line of the Greek text. Difficult passages are carefully explained while the power and beauty of the language is brought out at every opportunity. Himmelhoch's commentary also offers a companion website with a running vocabulary for the entire Agamemnon as further help for students.

Author : Ken Dowden,Niall Livingstone
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118785164

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A Companion to Greek Mythology by Ken Dowden,Niall Livingstone Pdf

A Companion to Greek Mythology presents a series of essays that explore the phenomenon of Greek myth from its origins in shared Indo-European story patterns and the Greeks’ contacts with their Eastern Mediterranean neighbours through its development as a shared language and thought-system for the Greco-Roman world. Features essays from a prestigious international team of literary experts Includes coverage of Greek myth’s intersection with history, philosophy and religion Introduces readers to topics in mythology that are often inaccessible to non-specialists Addresses the Hellenistic and Roman periods as well as Archaic and Classical Greece