Euripides : Trojan Women.

Euripides : Trojan Women.

Set at the end of the Trojan war, ""Euripides' Trojan Women"" depicts the women of Troy as they wait to be taken into slavery. While choral songs recall the death-throes of the great city, the scenes between the old queen, Hekabe, and the women of her family explore the cons...

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Main Author: Goff, Barbara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.
Series:Companions to Greek and Roman tragedy.
Subjects:
Euripides. > Trojan women.
Hecuba, > Queen of Troy
Euripides. > Trōades.
Trojan women (Euripides)
Hecuba (Legendary character) in literature.
Trojan War > Literature and the war.
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
Literary studies: plays & playwrights.
DRAMA > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Literature
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Contexts; 'What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba?'; What's Hecuba to us?; Athens in 415; Tragedy in 415; Melos in 416; 2. The Play; The gods; Hekabe; The chorus; Talthybios; Kassandra; Andromache; Helen; Astyanax; 3. Twentieth-century Receptions; Jean-Paul Sartre, Les Troyennes; Michael Cacoyannis, Trojan Women; Andrei Serban, Fragments of a Greek Trilogy, and Tadashi Suzuki, Trojan Women; Tony Harrison, Common Chorus II; Brendan Kennelly, The Trojan Women; Charles Mee, The Trojan Women 2.0: a love story.
  • Ellen McLaughlin, The Trojan Women, and Karen Hartman, Troy WomenFemi Osofisan, The Women of Owu; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; Bibliography; Glossary; Chronology; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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