Aeschylus: Agamemnon

Leah Himmelhoch (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

408 Seiten

2023
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-15490-2 (ISBN)

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This accessible edition for students brings the Agamemnon, Aeschylus' opening play in the Oresteia trilogy, to life for first-time readers. A hugely popular play in antiquity and with a rich reception history to the present day, this is an essential play for students of classics, drama and the canon of western literature. Leah Himmelhoch provides a helpful guide for students and instructors wishing to study and teach the play, building on her over twenty-five years of experience teaching college and university students.

A quick introduction sets out Agamemnon‘s historical, literary, and performative context, its use of imagery and themes (especially gender conflict and the perversion of sacrificial ritual), and its subsequent literary and cultural impact while extensive commentary notes guide students through every line of the Greek text. Difficult passages are carefully explained while the power and beauty of the language is brought out at every opportunity.

Himmelhoch’s commentary also offers a companion website with a running vocabulary for the entire Agamemnon as further help for students.

Leah Himmelhoch is Associate Professor of Classics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA.

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Erscheinungsdatum	29.07.2023
Reihe/Serie	Greek Texts
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-350-15490-3 / 1350154903
ISBN-13	978-1-350-15490-2 / 9781350154902
Zustand	Neuware