Title Aeschylus, the Oresteia / Simon Goldhill

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992

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Description x, 102 pages ; 21 cm Series Landmarks of world literature Landmarks of world literature. Contents Pt. 1. Drama and the city of Athens. 1. The context of the polis. 2. The context of democracy. 3. The context of the festival. 4. The context of the theatre -- Pt. 2. The Oresteia. 5. Introduction: plot and plotting. 6. Revenge: order and transgression. 7. The female is slayer of the male... 8. Homer and Aeschylus: rewriting the past for the present. 9. Language and control: the violence of persuasion. 10. Prophecy, fear and the influence of the past. 11. The imagery of order. 12. The divine frame. 13. The intensity of lyric prophecy. 14. Violent exchange: dramatic dialogue. 15. Political rhetoric -- Pt. 3. The influence of the Oresteia. 16. From Sophocles to the women's movement Analysis Greek drama Greek drama Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-102) Subject Aeschylus. Agamemnon. Aeschylus. Choephori. Aeschylus. Eumenides. Aeschylus. Oresteia Orestes, King of Argos (Mythological character) -- In literature Agamemnon, King of Mycenae (Mythological character) Agamemnon, King of Mycenae (Mythological character) -- In literature Orestes, King of Argos (Mythological character) Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism. Parricide in literature. Genre/Form Tragedies (Drama) LC no. 91042829 ISBN 052140293X 0521408539 (paperback)

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