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1 online resource (xiii, 317 pages) : illustrations |
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e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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| Contents |
Euripides' Muse of Sorrows and the Artifice of Tragic Pleasure -- Alcestis: Cold Delight: Art, Death, and Transgression of Genre. Female Death and Male Tears. Admetus' Divided House: Spatial Dichotomies and Gender Roles -- Hippolytus: Language, Signs, and Gender. Theater, Ritual, and Commemoration. Confusion and Concealment: Vision, Hope, and Tragic Knowledge -- Hecuba: Golden Armor and Servile Robes: Heroism and Metamorphosis. Violence and the Other: Greek, Female, and Barbarian Law and Universals. The Problem of the Gods -- Conclusion: Euripides' Songs of Sorrow |
| Summary |
Where is the pleasure in tragedy? This question, how suffering and sorrow become the stuff of aesthetic delight, is at the center of Charles Segal's new book, which collects and expands his recent explorations of Euripides' art. Alcestis, Hippolytus, and Hecuba, the three early plays interpreted here, are linked by common themes of violence, death, lamentation and mourning, and by their implicit definitions of male and female roles. Segal shows how these plays draw on ancient traditions of poetic and ritual commemoration, particularly epic song, and at the same time refashion these traditions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-301) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation
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Hippolytus (Mythological character) -- In literature
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Hecuba, Queen of Troy -- In literature
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Alcestis, Queen, consort of Admetus, King of Pherae -- In literature
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Euripides. Alcestis.
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Euripides. Hippolytus.
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Euripides. Hecuba.
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Alcestis, Queen, consort of Admetus, King of Pherae |
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Euripides |
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Hecuba, Queen of Troy |
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Hippolytus (Mythological character) |
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Alcestis (Euripides) fast |
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Hecuba (Euripides) fast |
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Hippolytus (Euripides) fast |
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Trojan War -- Literature and the war
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Sex role in literature.
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Grief in literature.
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Tragedy.
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Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
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tragedies.
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tragedy (general genre)
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DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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DRAMA / Ancient & Classical
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Greek drama (Tragedy)
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Grief in literature
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Literature
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Sex role in literature
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Tragedy
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Smart.
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Rouw.
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Vrouwenrollen (toneel)
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Grieks.
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Toneelstukken.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
93015565 |
| ISBN |
9780822381792 |
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0822381796 |
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1282904256 |
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9781282904255 |
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9786612904257 |
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6612904259 |
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