Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN-13:9780413770301ISBN-10:413770303UPC:9780413770301Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:Ancient & ClassicalSize:7.36 x 4.84 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.1609Product ID:SCB7E41KYE
Medea
A student edition of this challenging and popular tragedy with notes and commentary.
The most controversial of the Greek tragedians, Euripedes is alsothe most modern in his sympathies, a dramatist who handles the complex
emotions of his characters with extraordinary depth and insight.
Wronged and discarded by her husband, Medea gradually reveals
her revenge in its increasing horror, while the...
Series: Student Editions
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN-13:9780413770301ISBN-10:413770303UPC:9780413770301Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:Ancient & ClassicalSize:7.36 x 4.84 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.1609Product ID:SCB7E41KYE
Euripides was born near Athens between 485 and 480 BC and grew up
during the years of Athenian recovery after the Persian Wars. His first
play was presented in 455 BC and he wrote some hundred altogether. His
later plays are marked by a sense of disillusion at the futility of
human aspiration which amounts on occasion to a philosophy of
absurdism. A year or two before his death he left Athens to live...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
Revised Edition
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