Tragic Heroines in Ancient Greek Drama

Author:   Hanna M. Roisman
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350103993


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   11 February 2021
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Author:   Hanna M. Roisman
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.502kg
ISBN:  

9781350103993


ISBN 10:   1350103993
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   11 February 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Clytemnestra 2. Electra 3. Iphigenia 4. Antigone 5. Helen 6. Hecuba 7. Alcestis 8. Deianeira 9. Medea 10. Creusa 11. Phaedra Conclusion Glossary of Name and Terms Alphabetical List of Discussed Tragedies Notes Bibliography Index

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This book will be helpful for students who have never read a Greek play and help them identify major themes and interpretative problems. It provides necessary background information and stimulating questions for further study. -- Mary R. Lefkowitz, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities Emerita, Wellesley College, USA


A well-structured, clear and accessible book for researchers new to classics along with drama or classics students from A-Level beyond. * Classics for All * This book will be helpful for students who have never read a Greek play and help them identify major themes and interpretative problems. It provides necessary background information and stimulating questions for further study. -- Mary R. Lefkowitz, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities Emerita, Wellesley College, USA [W]e are lucky to have at our disposal R.’s new textbook, which we can now add to the list of pedagogical tools available for use in various courses on women and gender in antiquity, or to introductory courses on Greek literature and tragedy. * The Classical Review *


Author Information

Hanna M. Roisman is Arnold Bernhard Professor of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Classics Emerita at Colby College, USA. She is the author of numerous books, including Loyalty in Early Greek Epic and Tragedy (1984); Nothing is As It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides' Hippolytus (1999); Sophocles: Philoctetes (2005); Sophocles: Electra: Translation with Notes (2008/2017); and Sophocles’ Electra: A Commentary (2020). She is also the editor of The Encyclopedia of Greek Tragedy (2014). co-author of: The Odyssey Re-Formed (1996); Euripides’ Alcestis: A Commentary (2003); Euripides’ Electra: A Commentary (2011).

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