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Phaedra And Other Plays
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Author : Seneca
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-08-25
Phaedra And Other Plays written by Seneca and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-25 with Drama categories.
Living in Rome under Caligula and later a tutor to Nero, Seneca witnessed the extremes of human behaviour. His shocking and bloodthirsty plays not only reflect a brutal period of history but also show how guilt, sorrow, anger and desire lead individuals to violence. The hero of Hercules Insane saves his own family from slaughter, only to commit further atrocities when he goes mad. The horrifying death of Astyanax is recounted in Trojan Women, and Phaedra deals with forbidden love. In Oedipus a nervous man discovers himself, while Thyestes recounts the bitter family struggle for a crown. Of uncertain authorship, Octavia dramatizes Nero's divorce from his wife and her deportation. The only Latin tragedies to have survived complete, these plays are masterpieces of vibrant, muscular language and psychological insight.
Phaedra
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Author : Jean Racine
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-16
Phaedra written by Jean Racine and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-16 with Drama categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Phaedra" by Jean Racine. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Three Plays Of Racine
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Author : Jean Racine
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1961-09-15
Three Plays Of Racine written by Jean Racine and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961-09-15 with Drama categories.
Describes the planning, building, and use of canals in nineteenth-century America and their impact on the history, economy, and westward expansion of the United States.
Phaedra
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Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1986
Phaedra written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Drama categories.
Phaedra is a Roman tragedy written by philosopher and dramatist Lucius Annaeus Seneca before 54 A.D. Its 1280 lines of verse tell the story of Phaedra, wife of King Theseus of Athens and her consuming lust for her stepson, Hippolytus. Based on Greek Mythology and the tragedy Hippolytus by Greek playwright Euripides, Seneca's Phaedra is one of several artistic explorations of this tragic story. Seneca portrays Phaedra as self-aware and direct in the pursuit of her stepson, while in other treatments of the myth she is more of a passive victim of fate. This Phaedra takes on the scheming nature and the cynicism often assigned to the Nurse character.
Four Tragedies And Octavia
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Author : Seneca
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 1966-10-30
Four Tragedies And Octavia written by Seneca and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966-10-30 with Drama categories.
Based on the legends used in Greek drama, Seneca's plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty ends. Thyestes depicts the menace of an ancestral curse hanging over two feuding brothers, while Phaedra portrays a woman tormented by fatal passion for her stepson. In The Trojan Women, the widowed Hecuba and Andromache await their fates at the hands of the conquering Greeks, and Oedipus follows the downfall of the royal House of Thebes. Octavia is a grim commentary on Nero's tyrannical rule and the execution of his wife, with Seneca himself appearing as an ineffective counsellor attempting to curb the atrocities of the emperor. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Four French Plays
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Author : Jean Racine
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2013-07-04
Four French Plays written by Jean Racine and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-04 with Drama categories.
The 'greatest hits' of French classical theatre, in vivid and acclaimed new Penguin translations by John Edmunds and with editorial apparatus by Joseph Harris. The plays in this volume - Cinna, The Misanthrope, Andromache and Phaedra - span only thirty-seven years, but make up the defining period of French theatre. In Corneille's Cinna (1640), absolute power is explored in ancient Rome, while Molière's The Misanthrope (1666), the only comedy in this collection, sees its anti-hero outcast for his refusal to conform to social conventions. Here also are two key plays by Racine: Andromache (1667), recounting the tragedy of Hector's widow after the Trojan War, and Phaedre (1677), showing a mother crossing the bounds of love with her son. This translation of Phaedra was originally broadcast on Radio Three with a cast including Prunella Scales and Timothy West, and was praised by playwright Harold Pinter. This is the first time it has been published. The edition also includes an introduction by Joseph Harris, genealogical tables, pronunciation guides, critiques and prefaces, as well as a chronology and suggested further reading. After a varied career as an actor, teacher, and BBC TV national newsreader, John Edmunds became the founder-director of Aberystwyth University's department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies. Joseph Harris is Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London and author of Hidden Agendas: Cross-Dressing in Seventeenth-Century France (2005).
Jean Racine Four Greek Plays
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Author : Jean Racine
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1982-04-29
Jean Racine Four Greek Plays written by Jean Racine and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-04-29 with Drama categories.
This is the best translation into English of Andromache, Iphigenia, Phaedra and Athaliah.
Medea And Other Plays
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Author : Euripides
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008-11-13
Medea And Other Plays written by Euripides and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-13 with Drama categories.
The four tragedies collected in this volume all focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred. The first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human terms.
Iphigenia Phaedra Athaliah
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Author : Jean Racine
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2004-12-02
Iphigenia Phaedra Athaliah written by Jean Racine and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-02 with Drama categories.
Strongly influenced by Classical drama, Jean Racine (1639-99) broke away from the grandiose theatricality of baroque drama to create works of intense psychological realism, with characters manipulated by cruel and vengeful gods. Iphigenia depicts a princess's absolute submission to her father's will, despite his determination to sacrifice her to gain divine favour before going to war. Described by Voltaire as 'the masterpiece of the human mind', Phaedra shows a woman's struggle to overcome her overwhelming passion for her stepson - an obsession that brings destruction to a noble family. And Athaliah portrays a ruthless pagan queen, who defies Jehovah in her desperate attempt to keep the throne of Jerusalem from its legitimate heir.
Blasted Phaedra S Love And Cleansed Reading Love Faith And Hope In Sarah Kane S Plays
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Author : Nicole Eismann
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2016-03-30
Blasted Phaedra S Love And Cleansed Reading Love Faith And Hope In Sarah Kane S Plays written by Nicole Eismann and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2.3, University of Bonn (Institut für Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Keltologie), course: Contemporary British Drama, language: English, abstract: In this paper, Sarah Kane's debut play "Blasted", alongside her proximate plays "Phaedra's Love" and "Cleansed", will be discussed in order to explore the nature of the plays concerning their subject matter. Among these plays, "Phaedra's Love" is the only one that is based on a model and therefore not utterly Kane's content. The story is written loosely after Seneca's version of the Phaedra myth, in which a tragedy arises because the title character falls in love with her royal stepson. Beyond the thematic discussion, the question whether the subjects Sarah Kane connects her plays with are presented in a positive or negative way will be issued in the paper. If there is love in the plays, in how far is it satisfying for the characters? And does strong faith really promise a hopeful ending? In order to answer these questions, the paper is divided into two parts, starting with a short theory chapter, that follows this introduction and provides a brief introduction to in-yer-face theatre in general. Subsequently, one finds the main part of the paper, which consists of three sub-chapters and includes the analysis of each of the named plays. A conclusion of the findings will round the paper off.