Reading Greek Tragedy
2nd Edition
- Author: Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge
- Date Published: November 2023
- availability: Not yet published - available from October 2024
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009183031
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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 range of approaches to the problems of ancient drama. This revised edition contains a substantial new Introduction which engages with critical and scholarly developments in Greek tragedy since the original publication.
Read more- Helps the reader appreciate the masterpieces of Athenian drama in their original performance context and in the light of contemporary critical controversies
- Assumes no prior specialist knowledge, including of Greek
- Contains a substantial new introduction engaging with critical and scholarly developments since the original publication
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'Required reading for anyone who has a serious interest in ancient Greek tragedy and is unfamiliar with the first edition … Highly recommended.' P. Nieto, CHOICE
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: November 2023
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009183031
- length: 336 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 150 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.546kg
- availability: Not yet published - available from October 2024
Table of Contents
Preface
1. The drama of logos
2. The language of appropriation
3. The city of words
4. Relations and relationships
5. Sexuality and difference
6. Text and tradition
7. Mind and madness
8. Blindness and insight
9. Sophistry, philosophy, rhetoric
10. Genre and transgression
11. Performance and performability
Bibliography
Index.
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