Aspects of Euripidean Tragedy
Cambridge University Press, 10/15/2015
EAN 9781107559806, ISBN10: 1107559804
Paperback, 154 pages, 20.3 x 12.7 x 0.9 cm
Language: English
Originally published in 1953, this book presents a concise study regarding the nature of Euripidean tragedy. The main part of the text discusses the conflict between Euripides' presentation of the gods and his own religious beliefs, putting forward the view that the plots of his plays are 'fantasies' without an intended symbolic content. The final two chapters provide accounts of The Suppliants and realism within Greek tragedy, respectively. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Ancient Greek drama, Classical literature and literary criticism.
Preface
1. The fantasy theory
a new solution of an old problem
2. The symbolist theory
the Hippolytus and Bacchae
3. The rationalist theory
the Heracles
4. The Suppliants reconsidered
5. Realism and Greek tragedy
Index.