Reading Greek Tragedy

Name: Reading Greek Tragedy
Price: 6.7 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780521315791

ISBN-10: 0521315794

ISBN-13: 9780521315791

Edition: 1986

Authors: Simon Goldhill

List price: $49.99

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

3 new & used from $6.70

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

This book is an advanced critical introduction to Greek tragedy. It is written specifically for the reader who does not know Greek and who may be unfamiliar with the context of the Athenian drama festival but who nevertheless wants to appreciate the plays in all their complexity. Simon Goldhill aims to combine the best contemporary scholarly criticism in classics with a wide knowledge of modern literary studies in other fields. He discusses the masterpieces of Athenian drama in the light of contemporary critical controversies in such a way as to enable the student or scholar not only to understand and appreciate the texts of the most commonly read plays, but also to evaluate and utilize the…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/8/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 316
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface



The drama of logos



The language of appropriation



The city of words



Relations and relationships



Sexuality and reference



Text and tradition



Mind and madness



Blindness and insight



Sophistry, philosophy, rhetoric



Genre and transgression



Performance and performability


Bibliography


Index