Female Characters in Fragmentary Greek Tragedy
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1108495141
ISBN-13
9781108495141
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 2nd, 2020
Print length
300 Pages
Weight
690 grams
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17.60 x 25.00 x 2.70 cms
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Literary studies: classical, early & medievalGender studies: women
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The study of female characters has long been central to tragic scholarship, and this volume sheds new light by focusing on the neglected evidence of the fragments. This innovative collection is of value to all readers interested in Greek theatre, fragmentary literature, and the representation of women in antiquity.
How were women represented in Greek tragedy? This question lies at the heart of much modern scholarship on ancient drama, yet it has typically been approached using evidence drawn only from the thirty-two tragedies that survive complete - neglecting tragic fragments, especially those recently discovered and often very substantial fragmentary papyri from plays that had been thought lost. Drawing on the latest research on both gender in tragedy and on tragic fragments, the essays in this volume examine this question from a fresh perspective, shedding light on important mythological characters such as Pasiphae, Hypsipyle, and Europa, on themes such as violence, sisterhood, vengeance, and sex, and on the methodology of a discipline which needs to take fragmentary evidence to heart in order to gain a fuller understanding of ancient tragedy. All Greek is translated to ensure wide accessibility.
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