J. Michael Walton, Euripides our contemporary. Berkeley; Los Angeles; London: University of California Press, 2009. 250 p.
- $24.95 (pb).
- ISBN 9780520261822.
Présentation de l'éditeur:
In this accessible and beautifully written study of Euripides, thefirst study of all the plays of Euripides for thirty years, J. MichaelWalton provides a wide-ranging appreciation of the playwright's entirecanon. Euripides Our Contemporary treats these ancient dramasas vital engagements with issues of a moral, social, psychological, andpolitical nature, as significant today as when the works were firstperformed. Walton moves with expert familiarity through all the plays,emphasizing what Euripides might have to say to us as our"contemporary." The book considers how Euripides finds parallels toordinary life in the world of myth, how characters behave underextraordinary pressure and how personal responsibility may be absolvedby circumstance, and discusses the nature of his theater, the greatroles, and the playwrights most influenced by his work.
J. Michael Walton is a theater historian, translator, anddirector, and Emeritus Professor of Drama at the University of Hull.His books on Greek tragedy include Greek Theatre Practice, The Greek Sense of Theatre: Tragedy Revived, and Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English.