内容简介
GreekTragedysetsancienttragedyintoitsoriginaltheatrical,politicalandritualcontextandappliesmoderncriticalapproachestounderstandingwhytragedycontinuestointerestmodernaudiences.AnengagingintroductiontoGreektragedy,itshistory,anditsreceptioninthecontemporaryworldwithsuggestedreadingsforfurtherstudyExaminestragedy’srelationshiptodemocracy,religion,andmythExplorescontemporaryapproachestoscholarship,includingstructuralist,psychoanalytic,andfeministtheoryProvidesathoroughexaminationofcontemporaryperformancepracticesIncludesdetailedreadingsofselectedplays
作者简介
NancySorkinRabinowitzistheMargaretBundyScottProfessorofComparativeLiteratureatHamiltonCollege,wheresheteachestragedy,moderndrama,andnineteenth-andtwentieth-centuryfiction.SheistheauthorofAnxietyVeiled:EuripidesandtheTrafficinWomen(1993),aswellastheco-editorofFeministTheoryandtheClassics(1993),AmongWomen:FromtheHomosocialtotheHomoeroticintheAncientWorld(2002),andWomenontheEdge:FourPlaysbyEuripides(1998),forwhichshetranslatedEuripides’Alcestis.