Oxford Readings in Classical Studies

Euripides
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-872185-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 721 g

Few ancient authors are as challenging as Euripides, and few have provoked so many diverse critical opinions through the ages: Aristotle described him as 'most tragic', and yet many of his plays have been condemned by critics as barely qualifying as 'proper' tragedies at all. In general he has enjoyed a revival in reputation over the last few decades: his manipulation of convention and the skill of his dramaturgy are perhaps more widely admired now than at any time since the Renaissance. Moreover, his exploration of the emotions of the marginalized sections of Athenian society - women, slaves, foreigners - has given his work strong contemporary resonances. This volume aims to bring together for students some classic essays illustrating the main strands of Euripidean criticism over the last forty years. Two of the essays are translated here for the first time, and many others have been revised by their authors. All Greek has been translated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mossman, Judith

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- 1: Karl Reinhardt: The Intellectual Crisis in Euripides

- 2: R.P. Winnington-Ingram: Euripides: Poietes Sophos

- 3: C. Collard: Formal Debates in Euripides' Drama

- 4: D. J. Conacher: Rhetoric and Relevance in Euripidean Drama

- 5: M. R. Lefkowitz: 'Atheism' and 'Impiety' in Euripides' Dramas

- 6: H. P. Stahl: On 'extra-dramatic' communication in Euripides

- 7: P. Pucci: Euripides: The Monument and the Sacrifice

- 8: R. G. A. Buxton: Euripides' Alkestis: Five Aspects of an Interpretation

- 9: P. E. Easterling: The Infanticide in Euripides' Medea

- 10: R. P. Winnington-Ingram: Hipploytus: A Study in Causation

- 11: M. Heath: Iure principem locum tenet: Euripides' Hecuba

- 12: F. I. Zeitlin: The Argive Festival of Hera and Euripides' Electra

- 13: J. de Romilly: The Rejection of Suicide in the Heracles of Eurpides

- 14: D. J. Mastronarde: Iconography and Imagery in Euripides' Ion

- 15: F. I. Zeitlin: The Closet of Masks: Role-Playing and Myth-Making in the Orestes of Euripides

- 16: H. P. Foley: The Masque of Dionysus

- 17: I. F. de Jong: Three Off-Stage Characters in Euripides

Über Autor(innen)

Judith Mossman is Senior Lecturer in Classics at Trinity College, Dublin