Aeschylus
the earlier plays and related studies
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Author
Publication
1996 - University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario
Language
English
Word Count
46,000 words, Guess
Page Count
184 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL619999M
- ISBN-100802007961
- OCLC Control Number35795065
- OCLC Control Numberaeschylusearlier00cona
- Library of Congress Control Number96218482
and 2 more
- Goodreads4117169
- LibraryThing616952
Classifications
- DDC882/.01
- LCCPA3829 .C66 1996
Description
In this volume Conacher provides a detailed running commentary on the three earlier plays (The Persians, The Seven against Thebes, and The Suppliants), as well as an analysis of their themes, structure, and dramatic techniques and devices. In two more general studies he reviews Aeschylus' dramatic uses of the Chorus and of imagery. Conacher's close readings of the text and sensitive analysis of the main problems in the plays will be of benefit to students, especially those encountering these plays for the first time, either in Greek or in translation. He provides a thorough overview of the various interpretative and philological problems and opinions encountered in Aeschylean scholarship, which will be of interest to senior scholars as well as students.
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