Medea

Name: Medea
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ISBN: 9780801494321

ISBN-10: 080149432X

ISBN-13: 9780801494321

Edition: 1986

Authors: Seneca, Frederick Ahl, Frederick Ahl

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In this powerful and imaginative translation of Medea, Frederick Ahl retains the compelling effects of the monologues, as well as the special feeling and pacing of Seneca's choruses. With stage performance specifically in mind, Ahl renders Seneca's dramatic force in a modern idiom and style that move easily between formality and colloquialism as the mood of the text demands, and he strives to reproduce the richness of the original Latin. In his introduction to the play, Ahl supplies the mythic background and notes about the dramatis personae. A glossary of names and places referred to by Seneca appears at the back of the book. Even readers unfamiliar with Greek and Roman drama should find…

Book details

List price: $13.50
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 11/15/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.28" tall
Weight: 0.440



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Introduction to Medea


Medea


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