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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Hard to understand without an excellent translation :) ( ) This isn’t an easy play. It’s quite brief, and touches on issues of migration and asylum that are extremely topical. But little actually happens - there’s no resolution of the asylum-seeker’s situation. They remain in a kind of limbo, protected but apart, and denying to the last that they will integrate with their new home. Their tormentors likewise have no closure, no revenge is taken, and the threatened war remains a threat. One can only imagine what this play might have been when whole. Tucker's is an intelligent late Victorian commentary (1889). I read this play with Herwig Maehler a few years back, and the only other commentary available was Frijs Johanssen (sp?) of which there was at the time one copy in London and one in Copenhagen! But one of our crew happened to be rebinding a Tucker for the British Library at the time, so we used him instead, and he was fine. Four stars may not be generous enough. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)Is opgenomen inThe Great Books of the Western World, Vol. 5: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes door Encyclopedia Britannica (indirect) Great Books Of The Western World - 54 Volume Set, Incl. 10 Vols of Great Ideas Program & 10 Volumes Gateway To Great Books door Robert Maynard Hutchins (indirect) Heeft als studiegids voor studentenPrijzen
Many of the themes of Aeschylus' Suppliants - the treatment of refugees, forced marriage, ethnic and cultural clashes, decisions on war and peace, political deception - resonate strongly in the world of today. The play was, however, for many years neglected in comparison to Aeschylus' other works, probably in part because it was wrongly believed to be very early and hence 'primitive', and this edition, aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates and graduate students, is the first since 1889 to offer an accessible English commentary based on the Greek text. This provides particular help with the peculiarities of tragic, especially Aeschylean, Greek. An extensive introduction discusses the Danaid myth and its many variations, the four-play production (tetralogy) of which Suppliants formed part, the underlying social and religious issues and presuppositions, the conditions of performance, and the place of Suppliants in Aeschylus' work, among other topics. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)882.01Literature Greek and other Classical languages Greek drama and Classical drama Greek drama and Classical drama Philosophy and TheoryLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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