| Elektra Contributor(s): Euripides (Author), McDonald, Marianne (Editor), Walton, J. Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0413770400 ISBN-13: 9780413770400 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2004 Annotation: Expert student edition of Euripides' enduring Classical tragedy about filial revenge, in an up-to-date translation with notes, commentaries, chronology and background to the play. Euripides was born near Athens circa 480 BC and grew up during the years of the Athenian recovery after the Persian Wars. His first play was presented in 455 BC and he wrote some 100 altogether, of which 19 survived. He died in 406 BC. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Drama |
| Dewey: 882.01 |
| Series: Methuen Student Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.30 lbs) 107 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Authoritative student edition of Euripides' Enduring Classical Tragedy about filial revenge in Kenneth McLeish's acclaimed translation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Megson, Chris: - CHRIS MEGSON is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK. His recent publications include The Methuen Drama Book of Naturalist Plays (2010); his book on The Seventies, for 'Methuen's Decades of Modern British Playwrighting' series, is forthcoming in 2012. He has published widely on British theatre culture since 1968 and documentary/Tribunal theatre.Euripides: - Euripides (est. 480-406 B.C.E.) was a tragedian who revolutionized theater by presenting mythical heroes as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, and by examining inner lives and motives as well as recounting action. He was also unique in displaying sympathy toward women and other marginalized people. Eighteen of Euripides' estimated 92 to 95 plays have survived, the best known of which are Medea, Electra, and Bacchae. |