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Mossman, Judith

WILD JUSTICE A Study of Euripides' Hecuba Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Oxford At the Clarendon Press, 1995

75,00 €

Ancient World Books Bookshop (Toronto, Ontario, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1995
Autor
Mossman, Judith
Editores
Oxford At the Clarendon Press
Materia
Euripides Poetry & Poets Greek Literature Tragedies Plays &, Drama Hecuba
Descripción
Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Descripción
Hardcover ISBN 0198147899

Descripción

Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Minor Shelfwear. Review of book by Marsh McCall tipped in (signed by Mccall to Philippa Goold). ; Oxford Classical Monographs; 283 pages; Euripides' Hecuba is is dominated by the vengence which Hecuba takes on the faithless Polymestor, and explores in a complex and profound manner the potential of revenge as a subject for tragedy. The sacrifice of Polyxena is in counterpoint to the revenge action; the whole is set in the chaotic aftermath of the fall of Troy. The combination of plots creates one of Eruipides' most effective dramas, full of pathos, suspense, and excitement. This, the first book-length study of the play in English, argues that it has been greatly undervalued by critics who have failed to appreciate the power of its rhetoric, the subtlety of its characterization, and the beauty of its choral odes. The book also examines and seeks to explain the powerful influence of Hecuba in the Renaissance, and compares the play with English revenge tragedy of the 16th and 17th century.