Revenge in Attic and Later Tragedy: Volume 62
(Part of the Sather Classical Lectures Series)
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Modern readings of ancient Athenian drama tend to view it as a presentation of social or moral problems, as if ancient drama showed the same realism seen on the present-day stage. Such views are belied by the plays themselves, in which supremely violent actions occur in a legendary time and place distinct both from reality and from the ethics of ordinary life. Offering fresh readings of Attic tragedy, Anne Pippin Burnett urges readers to peel away...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520210964
ISBN13:9780520210967
Release Date:October 1998
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.61 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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