The Return Of Alcestis
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The Return Of Alcestis A Play In One Act
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Author : Laurence Housman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
The Return Of Alcestis A Play In One Act written by Laurence Housman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with categories.
Alcestis
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Author : Euripedes
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2000-09-04
Alcestis written by Euripedes and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-04 with Drama categories.
In the years before his death at age sixty-eight in 1998, Hughes translated several classical works with great energy and ingenuity. His Tales from Ovid was called "one of the great works of our century" (Michael Hofmann, The Times, London), his Oresteia of Aeschylus is considered the difinitive version, and his Phèdrewas acclaimed on stage in New York as well as London. Hughes's version of Euripides's Alcestis, the last of his translations, has the great brio of those works, and it is a powerful and moving conclusion to the great final phase of Hughes's career. Euripides was, with Aeschylus and Sophocles, one of the greatest of Greek dramatists. Alcestis tells the story of a king's grief for his wife, Alcestis, who has given her young life so that he may live. As translated by Hughes, the story has a distinctly modern sensibility while retaining the spirit of antiquity. It is a profound meditation on human mortality. Ted Hughes's last book of poems, Birthday Letters, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Prize. He was Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II and lived in Devon, England until he died in 1998.
The Tragic Hero Through Ages
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Author : Karuna Shanker Misra
language : en
Publisher: Northern Book Centre
Release Date : 1992
The Tragic Hero Through Ages written by Karuna Shanker Misra and has been published by Northern Book Centre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Comparative literature categories.
The Tragic Hero through Ages is an illuminating work on the greatest Greek and English tragedies and their heroes. The first chapter deals with the Greek tragedies and their heroes. The next three chapters study the outstanding pre-Shakespearean, Shakespearean and post-Shakespearean tragedies and their heroes. The Miltonic and the Byronic heroes have been studied in fifth and sixth chapters, respectively. The closing chapter summarizes the whole work and many undiscovered facts have been brought to light. It is genuine contribution to the whole theory of Greek and English tragic drama. It embodies the most famous speeches and best scenes from the greatest Greek and English Tragedies: their short summaries and the lifelike portraits of their heroes. It is a running commentary on the Greek and English tragic drama, spreading over a span of 2500 years with all its charm and grandeur. It is a colossal work with the finish of an exquisite piece of jewellery.
Euripides Alcestis
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Author : C. S. Jerram
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-02-14
Euripides Alcestis written by C. S. Jerram and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-14 with Drama categories.
Excerpt from Euripides Alcestis: With Introduction and Notes The plot is briefly as follows. Admetus, king of Pherae, being destined to die, Apollo, grateful to him for past kindness during an enforced term of servitude, obtains leave of the Fates for the king to provide a substitute. After all his friends and rela tives, even his aged parents, have declined to grant him the favour of dying in his stead, his wife Alcestis alone is found willing to undertake such a sacrifice; she accordingly dies, after taking an affectionate farewell of her husband and children. In the midst of their mourning Heracles arrives on his road to Thrace, where he has a certain 'labour' to perform at the bid ding of his master Eurystheus. Admetus welcomes him as an old friend, and without mentioning his great sorrow presses him to accept hospitality, but excuses himself from joining his guest in the banquet-hall. During the meal Heracles scandalises the attendant by his boisterous behaviour in a house of mourning; but learning from him the true state of the case, he abandons in a moment his ill-timed levity, and rushes forth to the tomb, re solved to do battle with Death for his victim. After a severe struggle he rescues Alcestis from the grasp of her destroyer, brings her back veiled to the palace, and places her in the arms of her husband. This done, the hero goes on his way, promising to visit Admetus again on his return from the Thracian land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Alcestis
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Author : Philippe Quinault
language : en
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2010-03-01
Alcestis written by Philippe Quinault and has been published by Wildside Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-01 with Drama categories.
In this remarkable fantasy play, the great Greek demi-god hero, Hercules (here called Alcidas) must make a journey into the depths of Hell itself in order to rescue Alcestis from death and destruction. French author Philippe Quinault (1635-1688) wrote numerous tragedies, comedies, and opera librettos. First translation into English.
Alcestis
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Author : Euripides
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-04
Alcestis written by Euripides and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-04 with Drama categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Alcestis" by Euripides. 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.
Anxiety Veiled
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Author : Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1993
Anxiety Veiled written by Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz 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 1993 with Drama categories.
What should we make of the prominence of female characters in the plays of Euripides? Not, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz concludes, that he was either a misogynist or a feminist before his time. Tracking the relationship between male anxiety and female desire in his drama, she demonstrates in this rich and incisive book that Euripides' plays support a structure of male dominance while simultaneously inscribing female strength.
Brill S Companion To Euripides 2 Vols
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Author : Andreas Markantonatos
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-08-31
Brill S Companion To Euripides 2 Vols written by Andreas Markantonatos and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-31 with History categories.
Brill’s Companion to Euripides, as well as presenting a comprehensive and authoritative guide to understanding Euripides and his masterworks, provides scholars and students with compelling fresh perspectives upon a broad range of issues in the field of Euripidean studies.
The Return Of The Absent Father
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Author : Haim Weiss
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2022-02-25
The Return Of The Absent Father written by Haim Weiss and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-25 with Religion categories.
The Return of the Absent Father offers a new reading of a chain of seven stories from tractate Ketubot in the Babylonian Talmud, in which sages abandon their homes, wives, and families and go away to the study house for long periods. Earlier interpretations have emphasized the tension between conjugal and scholarly desire as the key driving force in these stories. Haim Weiss and Shira Stav here reveal an additional layer of meaning to the father figure's role within the family structure. By shifting the spotlight from the couple to the drama of the father's relationship with his sons and daughters, they present a more complex tension between mundane domesticity and the sphere of spiritual learning represented by the study house. This coauthored book presents a dialogic encounter between Weiss, a scholar of rabbinic literature, and Stav, a scholar of modern Hebrew literary studies. Working together, they have produced a book resonant in its melding of the scholarly norms of rabbinics with a literary interpretation based in feminist and psychoanalytic theory.
Alcestis
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Author : Katharine Beutner
language : en
Publisher: Soho Press
Release Date : 2023-09-05
Alcestis written by Katharine Beutner and has been published by Soho Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-05 with Fiction categories.
For fans of The Song of Achilles, a queer and fiercely feminist retelling of a little-known Greek myth: the ultimate story of sacrifice and forbidden desire—now in a deluxe reissue. In Greek myth, Alcestis is known as the ideal wife; she loved her husband so much that she died and went to the Underworld in his place. But who was Alcestis before she was married? Other than her love for Admetus, what circumstances led her to make this ultimate sacrifice? And what happened to her in the three days she spent in the Underworld? Katharine Beutner’s lush, emotionally devastating debut explores the magical reality of Ancient Greece, where gods attend weddings and the afterlife is just a river away, as Alcestis goes on a heroine’s journey from sheltered princess to self-actualized savior—redefining love and discovering her own power. Giving an achingly beautiful voice to the most misunderstood wives of Greek mythology, Alcestis is the Underworld as you’ve never seen it before. This deluxe edition features discussion questions, a craft essay, and a bonus short story.