Tragic Heroines in Ancient Greek Drama

Hanna M. Roisman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2021
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-10398-6 (ISBN)

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The heroines of Greek tragedy presented in the plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have long captivated audiences and critics. In this volume each of the eleven chapters discusses one of the heroines: Clytemnestra, Hecuba, Medea, Iphigenia, Alcestis, Antigone Electra, Deianeira, Phaedra, Creusa and Helen. The book focuses on characterisation and the motivations of the women, as well as on those of the male playwrights, and offers multiple viewpoints and critiques that enable readers to understand the context of each play and form their own views. Four core themes bridge the depictions of the heroines: the socio-political dynamic of ancient Greek expectations of women and their roles in society, the conflict of masculinity versus femininity, the alternation of defiance and submission, and the interplay between deceit and rhetoric.

Each chapter offers clear descriptions of plot and mythical background, and builds on the text of the plays to enable reflections on language and performance. All technical terms are explained and key topics or references are pulled out into box features that provide further background information. Discussion points at the ends of chapters enable readers to explore various topics more deeply.

Hanna M. Roisman is Arnold Bernhard Professor of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Classics Emerita at Colby College, USA. She is the author of numerous books, including Loyalty in Early Greek Epic and Tragedy (1984); Nothing is As It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides' Hippolytus (1999); Sophocles: Philoctetes (2005); Sophocles: Electra: Translation with Notes (2008/2017); and Sophocles’ Electra: A Commentary (2020). She is also the editor of The Encyclopedia of Greek Tragedy (2014). co-author of: The Odyssey Re-Formed (1996); Euripides’ Alcestis: A Commentary (2003); Euripides’ Electra: A Commentary (2011).

Introduction

1. Clytemnestra
2. Electra
3. Iphigenia
4. Antigone
5. Helen
6. Hecuba
7. Alcestis
8. Deianeira
9. Medea
10. Creusa
11. Phaedra

Conclusion

Glossary of Name and Terms
Alphabetical List of Discussed Tragedies
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	25.02.2021
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	635 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-350-10398-5 / 1350103985
ISBN-13	978-1-350-10398-6 / 9781350103986
Zustand	Neuware