An Introduction to Greek Tragedy 1st Edition by Ruth Scodel 0521879744 9780521705608

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ISBN 10: 0521879744 

ISBN 13: 9780521705608

Author: Ruth Scodel

This book provides an accessible introduction for students and anyone interested in increasing their enjoyment of Greek tragic plays. Whether readers are studying Greek culture, performing a Greek tragedy, or simply interested in reading a Greek play, this book will help them to understand and enjoy this challenging and rewarding genre. An Introduction to Greek Tragedy provides background information, helps readers appreciate, enjoy and engage with the plays themselves, and gives them an idea of the important questions in current scholarship on tragedy. Ruth Scodel seeks to dispel misleading assumptions about tragedy, stressing how open the plays are to different interpretations and reactions. In addition to general background, the book also includes chapters on specific plays, both the most familiar titles and some lesser-known plays – Persians, Helen and Orestes – in order to convey the variety that the tragedies offer readers.

Table of contents:

1 Defining Tragedy

2 Approaches

3 Origins, Festival, and Competition

4 Historical and Intellectual Background

5 Persians

6 The Oresteia

7 Antigone

8 Medea

9 Hippolytus

10 Oedipus the King

11 Helen

12 Orestes

13 Tragic Moments

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