The Complete Euripides: Volume II: Iphigenia in Tauris and Other Plays (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)

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Synopsis
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can best re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. The tragedies collected here were originally available as single volumes. This new collection retains the informative introductions and explanatory notes of the original editions, with Greek line numbers and a single combined glossary added for easy reference. The volume collects Euripides' Electra, an exciting story of vengence that counterposes suspense and horror with comic realism; Orestes, the tragedy of a young man who kills his mother to avenge her murder of his father; Iphigenia in Tauris, a delicately written and beautifully contrived Euripidean "romance"; and Iphigenia at Aulis, a compelling look at the devastating consequence of "man's inhumanity to man."
Copyright:
1994

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
512 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780199837717
Related ISBNs:
9780195388695, 9780199745555, 9780195388688
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Janet Lembke and Kenneth J. Reckford
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Peter Burian
Edited by:
Alan Shapiro

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