Greek Tragedy

Name: Greek Tragedy
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ISBN: 9781405121613

ISBN-10: 1405121610

ISBN-13: 9781405121613

Edition: 2008

Authors: Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz

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This is an engaging introduction to Greek tragedy, its history, and its reception in the contemporary world. Rabinowitz sets ancient tragedy into its original theatrical, political, and ritual context and applies modern critical approaches to understanding why tragedy continues to interest modern audiences. Presenting multiple perspectives and addressing the significant topics in the field, this comprehensive book examines tragedy's relationship to Athenian democracy, religion, and myth. It explores how contemporary approaches to scholarship - including structuralist, psychoanalytic, and feminist theory - have changed the study and reception of Greek tragedy. Providing a thorough…

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List price: $51.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/26/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.10" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



List of Figures


Preface


Introduction



Tragedy in Its Athenian Context



What Was Tragedy?


Definitions of Tragedy


What Did It Do?


Where Did It Come From?


How Were the Plays Performed?



Tragedy and the Polis


Democracy


Empire and Hegemony


Performance Setting


Rhetoric


Referentiality


Ideology


Nothing to Do with the City?



Tragedy and Greek Religion


Dionysos


Sacred Time and Space


Ritual Practices


Ritual Practice in Tragedy


Greek Gods and Mortals


Tragedy and Myth


Euripides' Bacchai



Thematic Approaches



War and Empire


Aeschylus' Persians


Aeschylus' Oresteia


Euripides' Iphigeneia at Aulis



Family Romance and Revenge in the House of Atreus


Euripides' Elektra


Sophocles' Elektra



Victims and Victimizers


Euripides' Trojan Women


Euripides' Hekabe


Euripides' Medea



The King and I


Sophocles' Antigone


Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannos



Epilogue: Modern Performances (with Sue Blundell)


References


Index