Euripides' escape-tragedies : a study of Helen, Andromeda, and Iphigenia among the Taurians /

Euripides' escape-tragedies : a study of Helen, Andromeda, and Iphigenia among the Taurians /

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Author / Creator:	Wright, Matthew (Matthew Ephraim)
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Description:	433 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation. Euripides. -- Iphigenia in Tauris. Euripides. -- Andromeda. Euripides. -- Helen. Andromeda, -- Princess, daughter of Cepheus, King of Ethiopia (Mythological character) Euripides. Helen, -- of Troy, Queen of Sparta. Iphigenia -- (Mythological character) Andromeda (Euripides) Helen (Euripides) Iphigenia in Tauris (Euripides) Helen of Troy (Greek mythology) in literature. Andromeda (Greek mythology) in literature. Iphigenia (Greek mythology) in literature. Escape in literature. Tragedy. Escape in literature. Literature. Tragedy. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5638210

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ISBN:	0199274517 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-413) and indexes.
Summary:	"This is a study of three late plays of Euripides: Helen, Andromeda and Iphigenia among the Taurians. This book examines central themes such as myth, geography, cultural identity, philosophy, religion, and genre. Matthew Wright presents a new interpretation of the plays, arguing that they are a thematically connected trilogy"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Prolegomena
1. Escape-tragedies
2. Myth, fiction, innovation
3. A tragic landscape
4. Tragedy of ideas
5. The tragic universe
Afterword