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W. Allan (ed.), Euripides: Helen

W. Allan (ed.), Euripides: Helen

Publié le par Frédérique Fleck (Source : BMCR)


William Allan (ed.), Euripides: Helen, Cambridge/New York:  Cambridge University Press, coll. "Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics", 2008. xiii, 371 pages.

  • ISBN 9780521545419
  • $38.99 (pb)

Recension par Brian V. Lush (College of Charleston) dans Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.03.02.

Présentation de l'éditeur:

This up-to-date edition offers a detailed literary and culturalanalysis of Euripides' Helen, a work which arguably embodies thevariety and dynamism of fifth-century Athenian tragedy more than anyother surviving play. The story of an exemplary wife (not anadulteress) who went to Egypt (not to Troy), Euripides' 'new Helen'skilfully transforms and supplants earlier currents of literature andmyth. The Introduction elucidates Euripides' treatment of Helen andsets the play in its wider intellectual context. It also discussesquestions of genre and reception, rejecting such descriptions as'tragicomedy' or 'romantic tragedy', and showing how later artists haveresponded to Euripides' unorthodox heroine and her phantom double. TheCommentary's notes on language and style are intended to make Helenfully accessible to readers of Greek at all levels, while the editionas a whole is designed for use by anyone with an interest in Greektragedy.

• Fresh interpretation of one of the most original Greektragedies • Introduction sets the play in its wider intellectualcontext and discusses questions of genre and reception • Commentaryprovides notes on language and style which make the play accessible toreaders of Greek at all levels.

Table des matières: 

Preface
List of sigla and abbreviations
Key to metrical symbols

Introduction
1 Euripides and Athens
(a) Life and works
(b) Helen in its Athenian context
2 The figure of Helen in early Greek culture
(a) Myth
(b) Cult
3 Helen on stage 
4 The ‘new' Helen

(a) Stesichorus
(b) Herodotus
(c) Euripides
5 The production
(a) Setting and staging
(b) Structure and dramatic technique
(c) Speech, song, language
6 A tragedy of ideas
(a) Knowledge and reality
(b) Family, gender, authority
(c) Greeks and Egyptians
(d) The Gods
7 Genre
8 Helen transfor med
9 The text and its transmission

HELEN
Commentary
Bibliography
Indexes


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