Mystery Cults, Theatre and Athenian Politics. A Reading of Euripides' Bacchae and Aristophanes' Frogs, Hardback - Luigi (Independent Scholar, UK) Barz

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Luigi (Independent Scholar, UK) BarziniIllustration(s): 1 bw illusNumber of pages: 280Publication da...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka has translated in both language and spirit a great classic of ancient Greek theater. He does so wi...

Publisher: Nabu PressAuthor(s): AristophanesIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 24...

Psychoanalysis and Euripides' Suppliant Women applies the 'tragic' reading of politics, presented by Euripides in his play, The Suppliant Women, to...

Reducere. This volume presents the Greek text of Euripides' Bacchae, as edited by Gilbert Murray, with a parallel verse translation by Ian Johnston on facing...

Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fi...

Reducere. Euripides is known in literature & fiction circles as a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Euripides is one of the few whose dramas & plays have ...

Reducere. DescriptionCollected here for the first time in the series are three major plays by Euripides: Bacchae, translated by Reginald Gibbons and Charles ...

Reducere. From the renowned contemporary American poet C. K. Williams comes this fluent and accessible version of the great tragedy by Euripides. This book i...

DescriptionEuripides turned to playwriting at a young age, achieving his first victory in the Athens' City Dionysia dramatic competitions in 441 BC...

Reducere. This volume presents the Greek text of Aristophanes' Frogs, as edited by F. W. Hall and W. M. Geldart, with a parallel verse translation by Ian Joh...

Publisher: University Press of AmericaAuthor(s): Kiki GounaridouNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 1998Dimensions: 147 x 222 x 11Cover type: Har...

Offers scholars of Greek literature new evidence of Aristophanes' polemical use of philosophy in poetic competition; ancient philosophers new evide...

Reducere. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encourage...

The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. This volume, containing Phoenician Women, Bacchae, Iphigenia at Aulis,...

Reducere. A bold new translation of Euripides' shockingly modern classic work, from Forward Prize-winning poet, Robin Robertson, with a new introduction by b...

Marrying deft social commentary to a rich, earthy comedy, the three comedies collected in Aristophanes' "The Frogs and Other Plays" offers a unique...

Reducere. DescriptionGreek playwright, Aristophanes, lived during the 5th and 4th century BC and is considered one of the principal authors of the Greek clas...

Publisher: Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoAuthor(s): EuripidesTranslator: Anthony PodleckiNumber of pages: 320Collection: Focus Classical LibraryPu...

Reducere. Whether his target is the war between the sexes or his fellow playwright Euripides, Aristophanes is the most important Greek comic dramatist--and o...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Chloe K. (Independent scholar, UK) GottNumber of pages: 248Collection: Bloomsbury Studies in Religio...

Treating ancient plays as living drama.

What happens to politics when it takes the form of theatre? How has theatre both exploited and undermined politics both in society and on the stage...

Reducere. This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an at...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A gripping murder mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey - now a Duke - and his wife Harriet Vane, set in an Oxford college in the 1950s.Publisher: Ho...

Contends that our search for communal justice must start with self-examination. The realization that there are things that we cannot know about our...

Reducere. This is a revised and enlarged edition of the most extensive and detailed critical reading of English Romantic poetry ever attempted in a single vo...

Euripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour ...

DescriptionForty years in the making, this long-awaited reinterpretation of Hegel's The Phenomenology of Spirit is a landmark contribution to philo...

The authors provide fascinating analyses of some of the most well-remembered scenes-the one where Ross can't get his leather pants back on, and Ros...

Hegel's The Phenomenology of Spirit has been one of the most important works of philosophy since the nineteenth century, while the question of ener...

Patrick C. Goujon a careful reading which emphasizes what makes giving spiritual help possible in a conversation. We are shown how Ignatius deals w...

Reducere. The fourth gospel addresses the thirst for life that lies at the depth of every human heart. The life in question is not just physical life but the...

Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the ...