Euripides: Medea
Aris & Phillips Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 13. January 2011
Book
Hardback
392 pages
978-0-85668-783-9 (ISBN)
Description
Jason, in exile in Corinth, is marrying the king's daughter. It looks as though his problems are over, though it's hard on Medea, who has betrayed her family for him, followed him all the way from Colchis, killed for him, and borne him two sons.
Euripides' Medea is a compelling study of love turned to hatred and a rejected woman's burning desire for revenge. Its central, shocking, act of infanticide comes as the climax of a psychological thriller in which Euripides' dramaturgical skills are shown at their finest and the audience's emotions are ruthlessly manipulated. Medea's conflicting urges and her dazzling rhetoric have exercised an enduring fascination over audiences and readers since the play was first performed in 431 BC. This edition examines a wide range of aspects of the play, including text, performance, interpretation, Euripides' sources, other lost plays about Medea and Euripides' portrayal of character and gender. Greek text with facing-page translation, introduction and commentary.
Euripides' Medea is a compelling study of love turned to hatred and a rejected woman's burning desire for revenge. Its central, shocking, act of infanticide comes as the climax of a psychological thriller in which Euripides' dramaturgical skills are shown at their finest and the audience's emotions are ruthlessly manipulated. Medea's conflicting urges and her dazzling rhetoric have exercised an enduring fascination over audiences and readers since the play was first performed in 431 BC. This edition examines a wide range of aspects of the play, including text, performance, interpretation, Euripides' sources, other lost plays about Medea and Euripides' portrayal of character and gender. Greek text with facing-page translation, introduction and commentary.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Liverpool University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 149 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85668-783-9 (9780856687839)
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Person
Judith Mossman is Professor of Classics at the University of Nottingham. She has also published Wild Justice: A Study of Euripides Hecuba (Oxford 1995, repr. BCP 1999) and edited Oxford Readings in Euripides (Oxford 2003).
Content
General Editors Foreword
Editors Preface
Introduction
I. Medea
II. Myth
III. Play and Trilogy
IV. Other Medeas: Intertextuality
V. The judgement of character: manipulating the audience
VI. Performance and delivery VII. Later Medeas
The Text: How do we know what Euripides wrote?
Medea
Commentary
General bibliography for Euripides
Editors Preface
Introduction
I. Medea
II. Myth
III. Play and Trilogy
IV. Other Medeas: Intertextuality
V. The judgement of character: manipulating the audience
VI. Performance and delivery VII. Later Medeas
The Text: How do we know what Euripides wrote?
Medea
Commentary
General bibliography for Euripides