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Sophocles

Author : Michael Lloyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781472540133
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Sophocles written by Michael Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sophocles' Electra deals with the famous story of Orestes' vengeance on his mother Clytemnestra for her murder of his father Agamemnon. This book discusses whether the matricide is a just and final act of violence, or whether Sophocles ironically implies that it is more problematic than it seems. Electra is notable among Sophocles' plays for the prominent part played in it by female characters, and especially the heroic resistance and suffering of Orestes' sister Electra. The book pays particular attention to the portrayal of Electra herself, but also discusses wider issues of dramatic characterisation and Greek ethics. Sophocles is one of the greatest masters of the medium in the history of theatre, and the book explains the formal conventions of Greek tragedy and examines various aspects of his skill as a dramatist. The book concludes with an examination of later adaptations of the play, of which the most important is that by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1903), a study in extreme psychology which he adapted to form the libretto for Richard Strauss's opera Elektra."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019156110X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra written by Sophocles and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-08-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love and loyalty, hatred and revenge, fear, deprivation, and political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe. Recognized in his own day as perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles' reputation has remained undimmed for two and a half thousand years. His greatest innovation in the tragic medium was his development of a central tragic figure, faced with a test of will and character, risking obloquy and death rather than compromise his or her principles: it is striking that Antigone and Electra both have a woman as their intransigent 'hero'. Antigone dies rather neglect her duty to her family, Oedipus' determination to save his city results in the horrific discovery that he has committed both incest and parricide, and Electra's unremitting anger at her mother and her lover keeps her in servitude and despair. These vivid translations combine elegance and modernity, and are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy. Their sonorous diction, economy, and sensitivity to the varied metres and modes of the original musical delivery make them equally suitable for reading or theatrical peformance. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Electra and Other Plays

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140440287
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Electra and Other Plays written by Sophocles and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1953 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides translation of four Greek dramas by Sophocles.

Late Sophocles

Author : Thomas Van Nortwick
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472119567
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Late Sophocles written by Thomas Van Nortwick and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible examination of the evolution of key Sophoclean characters

Electra and the Empty Urn

Author : Mark Ringer
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807864137
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Electra and the Empty Urn written by Mark Ringer and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metatheater, or "theater within theater," is a critical approach often used in studies of Shakespearian or modern drama. Breaking new ground in the study of ancient Greek tragedy, Mark Ringer applies the concept of metatheatricality to the work of Sophocles. His innovative analysis sheds light on Sophocles' technical ingenuity and reveals previously unrecognized facets of fifth-century performative irony. Ringer analyzes the layers of theatrical self-awareness in all seven Sophoclean tragedies, giving special attention to Electra, the playwright's most metatheatrical work. He focuses on plays within plays, characters who appear to be in rivalry with their playwright in "scripting" their dramas, and the various roles that characters assume in their attempts to deceive other characters or even themselves. Ringer also examines instances of literal role playing, exploring the implications of the Greek convention of sharing multiple roles among only three actors. Sophocles has long been praised as one of the masters of dramatic irony. Awareness of Sophoclean metatheater, Ringer shows, deepens our appreciation of that irony and reveals the playwright's keen awareness of his art. Originally published in 1998. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Sophocles' Electra

Author : Hanna M. Roisman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190053607
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Sophocles' Electra written by Hanna M. Roisman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophocles' Electra is a riveting play with a long and varied reception. Its nuanced treatment of matricidal revenge with all the questions it raises; its compelling depictions of the idealistic, long -grieving, rebellious Electra; her compliant sister; her brother; and her mother; and its superb poetry have all contributed to making this one of Sophocles' most admired plays, as have the moral issues it raises and its political reverberations. In recent decades it has been repeatedly translated, adapted, and produced, sometimes on its own, sometimes in combination with selections from Aeschylus' Libation Bearers and (more often) Euripides' Electra. While the play certainly stands on its own in any language, reading it in the original Greek adds immense value. A commentary on the Greek text would enrich its reading by elucidating the words and world of the ancient language for those who are reading it more than twenty- five hundred years after the play was written. Such a commentary would also contribute to our understanding of other ancient Greek texts, not necessarily because they use the same words in the same way, but by providing information for contrast, comparison, and clarification. This commentary includes an introduction, text and notes, an abbreviations list, a stylistic & metrical terminology list, an appendix of recurrent words, and, a list of irregular verbs and their principal parts.

The Electra of Sophocles. [Translated in Verse by W. Drennan.]

Author : Sophocles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Electra of Sophocles. [Translated in Verse by W. Drennan.] written by Sophocles and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sophocles: Electra

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521097963
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book Sophocles: Electra written by Sophocles and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1973-03-08 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this edition of Sophocles' Electra, one of the greatest tragedies in Greek or any literature, Mr Keels presents the play as a study in revenge, but in a subtle way whose meaning depends upon the continuous use of dramatic irony. He relates the confrontations of principle and character depicted to the social and political controversies of the period in which Sophocles was writing. The introduction describes the background to the play, explains some of the main features of Sophocles' style, and outlines an interpretation which is fully worked out in the detailed commentary. There are appendices on metre and the text. The edition is intended for use by senior school and undergraduate students, and all those concerned to read and appreciate the play in the original.

The Electra of Sophocles

Author : Sophocles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Electra of Sophocles written by Sophocles and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sophocles: The Electra. 1894

Author : Sophocles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sophocles: The Electra. 1894 written by Sophocles and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Electra

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 158510440X
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (851 download)

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Download or read book Electra written by Sophocles and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an English translation of Sophocles’ tragedy of Electra, and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother and step father for the murder of their father. This edition also includes an "afterlife" essay that discusses adaptations of the play, as well as touches on other ways Electra has had influence (Jung's identification of the Electra Complex, O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra"). Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays to provide access to understanding Greek culture.

The Electra Plays

Author :
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 160384113X
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Electra Plays written by and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aeschylus: The Libation Bearers; Euripides: Electra; Sophocles: Electra

Sophocles: Electra

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521868092
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Sophocles: Electra written by Sophocles and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-09 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-scale 2007 commentary on a revised Greek text, with original metrical analyses of the lyrical sections.

The Electra of Sophocles

Author : Sophocles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Electra of Sophocles written by Sophocles and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sophocles: The Electra. 1894

Author : Sophocles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sophocles: The Electra. 1894 written by Sophocles and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Euripides' Electra

Author : H. M. Roisman
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806186305
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Euripides' Electra written by H. M. Roisman and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the best-known Greek tragedies, Electra is also one of the plays students of Greek often read in the original language. It tells the story of how Electra and her brother, Orestes, avenge the murder of their father, Agamemnon, by their mother and her lover. H. M. Roisman and C. A. E. Luschnig have developed a new edition of this seminal tragedy designed for twenty-first-century classrooms. Included with the Greek text are a useful introduction, line-by-line commentary, and other materials in English, all intended to support intermediate and advanced undergraduate students. Electra's gripping story and almost contemporary feel help make the play accessible and interesting to modern audiences. The liberties Euripides took with the traditional myth and the playwright's attitudes toward the gods can inspire fruitful classroom discussion about fifth-century Athenian thought, manners, and morals. Roisman and Luschnig invite readers to compare Euripides' treatment of the myth with those of Aeschylus and Sophocles and with variant presentations in epic and lyric poetry, later drama, and modern film. The introduction also places the play in historical context and describes conventions of the Greek theater specific to the work. Extensive appendices provide a complete metrical analysis of the play, helpful notes on grammar and syntax, an index of verbs, and a Greek-English glossary. In short, the authors have included everything students need to support and enhance their reading of Electra in its original language.

Electra

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199878838
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Electra written by Sophocles and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-19 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Under the general editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro, each volume includes a critical introduction, commentary on the text, full stage directions, and a glossary of the mythical and geographical references in the play. Although it has been at times overshadowed by his more famous Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone, Sophocles' Electra is remarkable for its extreme emotions and taut drama. Electra recounts the murders of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus by Clytemnestra's son Orestes, to avenge their murder of his father Agamemnon, commander of the Greeks at Troy, upon his return home. Sophocles' version is presented from the viewpoint of Electra, Orestes' sister, who laments her father, bears witness to her mother's crime, and for years endures her mother's scorn. Despite her overwhelming passion for just revenge, Electra admits that her own actions are shameful. When Orestes arrives at last, her mood shifts from grief to joy, as Orestes carries out the bloody vengeance. Sophocles presents this story as a savage though necessary act of vengeance, vividly depicting Electra's grief, anger, and exultation. This translation equals the original in ferocity of expression, and leaves intact the inarticulate cries of suffering and joy that fill the play.