| Description |
1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Companions to Greek and Roman tragedy |
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Companions to Greek and Roman tragedy.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Themes, Contexts and Receptions; 2. Gods and Other Monsters; 3. Technology and Civilisation; 4. Making a Spectacle; 5. The Radical Tradition; Abbreviations and Guide to Further Reading; Notes; Bibliography; Chronology; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
| Summary |
Prometheus Bound is a play beloved of revolutionaries, romantics and rebels, with a fierce optimism tempered by an acute awareness of the compromises, dangers and obsessions of political action. This companion sets the play in its historical context, explores its challenge to authority, and traces its reception from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Many scholars have disputed its Aeschylean authorship, but it has proved the most influential of tragedies outside academia. Marx's favourite tragedy, Prometheus Bound is also a foundational text for the genre of science fiction through its i |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-168) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Aeschylus. Prometheus bound.
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| SUBJECT |
Prometheus bound (Aeschylus) fast |
| Subject |
DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781472502490 |
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1472502493 |
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9781472539588 |
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1472539583 |
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9781472502506 |
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1472502507 |
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