Tragic plays
HarperCollins Publishers Romeo and Juliet
Book SynopsisHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!For I ne''er saw true beauty till this night.'Arguably the greatest love story ever told, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet continues to touch modern audiences with its passionate depiction of the tragic romance between two young lovers. With a bitter feud between their respective families, Romeo and Juliet's love is troubled from the start, and through their relationship, Shakespeare shows the fine line between love, hatred, comedy and tragedy.
£5.62
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Vanya
Book SynopsisWinner of Best Revival at the Olivier Awards 2024Winner of Best Play Revival at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2024Can you imagine if it was possible to completely change the way you live your life? To look at your life and ask yourself what you would do if it died. If your old life died. It ended. And then take what's left of your real life and live it properly. How can I do that, Michael? Where do I start?Chekhov's classic tale of love, art, sex, and attempted murder in a fresh adaptation by Simon Stephens, written to be performed by a solo actor.Comedic and tragic, Chekhov's examination of our shared humanity our hopes, dreams, regrets is thrust into sharp focus in Vanya. This fresh adaptation explores the kaleidoscope of human emotions, harnessing the power of the intimate bond between actor and audience to delve deeper into the human psyche.This edition was published to coincide with the West End premiere starring Andrew Scott in September 2023.
£10.99
Pan Macmillan Romeo and Juliet
Book SynopsisSet in a city torn apart by feuds and gang warfare, Romeo and Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred, bawdy comedy and high tragedy.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful additions to your own collection. This edition features the classic illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, and includes an introduction by Ned Halley.A young man and woman meet by chance and fall instantly in love. But their families are bitter enemies and, in order to be together, the two lovers must be prepared to risk everything. Undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has spawned a host of imitators on stage and screen and been adapted countless times.Trade ReviewEvery generation continues to be in his debt. Shakespeare’s plots, which are brilliantly polyvalent, continue to inspire ceaseless adaptations and spin-offs. His unforgettable phrase-making recurs on the lips of millions who do not realise they are quoting Shakespeare * Guardian *
£9.49
Pan Macmillan Macbeth
Book SynopsisDark and violent, Macbeth is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's tragedies. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is illustrated throughout by Sir John Gilbert, and includes an introduction by Dr Robert Mighall.Promised a golden future as ruler of Scotland by three sinister witches, Macbeth murders the king to ensure his ambitions are realized. But he soon learns the meaning of terror - killing once, he must kill again and again, and the dead return to haunt him. A story of war and witchcraft, Macbeth also explores the relationship between husband and wife, and the risks they are prepared to take to achieve their desires.Trade ReviewEvery generation continues to be in his debt. Shakespeare’s plots, which are brilliantly polyvalent, continue to inspire ceaseless adaptations and spin-offs. His unforgettable phrase-making recurs on the lips of millions who do not realise they are quoting Shakespeare * Guardian *
£9.49
Pan Macmillan Hamlet: Prince of Denmark
Book SynopsisShakespeare’s combination of violence, introspection, dark humour and rich language in Hamlet is intoxicating. It remains the world's most widely studied and performed play, and is a cornerstone of world literature.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is illustrated throughout by renowned artist Sir John Gilbert and includes an introduction by Dr Robert Mighall.A young prince meets with his father's ghost, who alleges that his own brother, now married to his widow, murdered him. The prince devises a scheme to test the truth of the ghost's accusation, feigning wild madness while plotting a brutal revenge until his apparent insanity begins to wreak havoc on innocent and guilty alike.Trade ReviewThe most modern of Shakespeare's plays by some margin * Independent *Every generation continues to be in his debt. Shakespeare’s plots, which are brilliantly polyvalent, continue to inspire ceaseless adaptations and spin-offs. His unforgettable phrase-making recurs on the lips of millions who do not realise they are quoting Shakespeare. * Guardian *
£9.49
Alma Books Ltd Boris Godunov and Little Tragedies: Newly
Book SynopsisA drama of ambition, murder, remorse and retribution, Boris Godunov charts the decline of a Russian statesman, whose dynastic aims were foiled by a guilty past and an audacious upstart. Based on history and inspired by Shakespeare, Alexander Pushkin’s daring masterwork is presented here in its rarely published uncensored version of 1825. Set in Vienna, Flanders, Madrid and London, Pushkin’s celebrated Little Tragedies – Mozart and Salieri, The Mean-Spirited Knight, The Stone Guest and A Feast during the Plague – each focus on a protagonist’s driving obsession – with status, money, sex or risk-taking – and its devastating consequences.Table of ContentsThis edition features an appendix containing extra historical material, notes on the play's staging and versions of the text, as well as an extract from John Wilson's The City of the Plague.
£10.44
Pan Macmillan Julius Caesar
Book SynopsisIn Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare uses the most notorious murder in classical history to tell a tragic tale of friendship, ambition and betrayal. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is illustrated throughout by Sir John Gilbert, and includes an introduction by Ned Halley.As the greatest figures of the Roman Republic are swept along on the tide of a terrifying conspiracy, a touchingly human story is revealed in some of the most beautiful poetry ever written.Trade ReviewEvery generation continues to be in his debt. Shakespeare’s plots, which are brilliantly polyvalent, continue to inspire ceaseless adaptations and spin-offs. His unforgettable phrase-making recurs on the lips of millions who do not realise they are quoting Shakespeare * Guardian *
£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers The Mirror and the Light RSC Stage Adaptation
Book SynopsisHilary Mantel and Ben Miles' exhilarating stage adaptation of The Mirror and the Light, one of 2021's must-see theatrical events, and the long awaited conclusion to the Oliver Award-winning Wolf Hall Trilogy. England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn's fate has been sealed by a hired French executioner. it now befalls Jane Seymour to deliver King Henry VIII the healthy heir he craves. Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith's son from the gutters of Putney, has knocked down everyone in his path: established at the right hand of the king, he is now the second most powerful man in England. But what will you do, an astute witness asks, when the king turns on you, as sooner or later he turns on everyone close to him?Hilary Mantel's twice Booker Prize-winning trilogy is the outstanding literary achievement of recent times. Following Oliver and Tony Award-winning productions of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, hailed as a landmark and must-see theatrical event on both sides of the Atlantic, Mantel and Ben MiTrade Review Praise for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies on stage: ‘A gripping piece of narrative theatre … history made manifest’ Guardian ‘Enthralling … splendidly entertaining and at times deeply touching’ Daily Telegraph ‘Gripping yet darkly funny … a bold, unforgettable lesson in history and politics’ The Times ‘An impressive feat, a compelling drama played out across the canvas of a nation soaked in rain and mud and blood … accessible and consistently engrossing’ Hollywood Reporter ‘A fast-paced political thriller … fiendishly engaging’ Time Out New York
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Penguin Books Ltd Death of a Salesman
Book SynopsisArthur Miller''s extraordinary masterpiece, Death of a Salesman changed the course of modern theatre, and has lost none of its power as an examination of American life. ''A man is not an orange. You can''t eat the fruit and throw the peel away''Willy Loman is on his last legs. Failing at his job, dismayed at his the failure of his sons, Biff and Happy, to live up to his expectations, and tortured by his jealousy at the success and happiness of his neighbour Charley and his son Bernard, Willy spirals into a well of regret, reminiscence, and A scathing indictment of the ultimate failure of the American dream, and the empty pursuit of wealth and success, is a harrowing journey. In creating Willy Loman, his destructively insecure anti-hero, Miller defined his aim as being ''to set forth what happens when a man does not have a grip on the forces of life''.
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Penguin Books Ltd Huis Clos and other Plays The Respectable
Book SynopsisThese three plays, diverse in subject but thematically coherent, illuminate one of Sartre''s major philosophical concerns: the struggle to live and act freely in a complex and constricting world. Lucifer and the Lord, Sartre''s favourite among his plays, explores this theme in depth, dealing in the process with fundamental questions of faith and disillusionment; in Huis Clos - arguably Sartre''s most important play - he contends that ''Hell is other people'', and details the afterlife of three souls trapped together in locked room and the torments that they inflict on each other; while The Respectable Prostitute, set in the Deep South of America, is concerned with racism, subjugation and the demands of conscience.
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Penguin Books Ltd After the Fall
Book SynopsisQuentin is a successful lawyer in New York, but inside his head he is struggling with his own sense of guilt and the shadows of his past relationships. One of these an ill-fated marriage to the charming and beautiful Maggie, who went from operating a switchboard to become a self-destructive star - a singer everyone wanted a piece of. With tremendous psychological acuity and depth, and a brilliant, dreamlike structure, After the Fall is a literary masterpiece, drawing on Miller''s own life - the story of a man striving to comprehend his feelings for his friends, family and the women he has loved.
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Penguin Books Ltd Caligula and Three Other Plays
Book SynopsisIn brand new translations by Ryan Bloom, four theatrical masterpieces from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Outsider and The Plague are brought together for the first time in English, alongside deleted scenes and alternate lines of dialogueCaligula/The Misunderstanding /State of Emergency/The JustAlthough renowned for his novels, Albert Camus described the theatre as ''one of the only places in the world I''m happy'', and staged the four plays gathered in this collection in Paris between 1944-49. Caligula, his first full-length dramatic work, portrays the monstrous emperor who destroys men, gods and ultimately himself. Here too are The Misunderstanding, a murderous tangle of longing; State of Emergency, where ''The Plague'' appears as a central character; and The Just, which explores the limits of political conviction. This new translation brings together Camus''s final versions of the plays, along with deleted scenes and alternate lines of dialogue.
£13.49
Liverpool University Press Euripides Trojan Women
Book SynopsisTrojan Women is very much a play for our times. Strongly anti-war, it shows its aftermath through the eyes of the women of the Trojan royal household, whose city has been sacked. The play expresses their protest, grief, and reflection upon the world in which they now find themselves. Greek text with translation, introduction and commentary.Table of ContentsGeneral Editor's ForewordPrefaceGeneral BibliographyINTRODUCTION TO TROJAN WOMENNotes to Introduction to Trojan Women Translator's NoteNote on the Greek textAbbreviationsSiglaText and TranslationCommentary STYLISTIC INDEXGENERAL INDEX
£25.29
Liverpool University Press Heracles Classical Texts Aris Phillips Classical
Book SynopsisIn this play, Euripides uses the story of Heracles' murder of his wife and children to explore the contrast between myth and reality, and the boundaries of madness. This edition aims to bring out the play’s human and psychological qualities and to defend its structure and dramatic power. Greek text with facing translation, notes and commentary.Table of ContentsGeneral Editor’s ForewordPrefaceGeneral Bibliography for EuripidesIntroduction to Heracles 1. Heracles 2. Plot and Shaping 3. Structure 4. Themes: The gods Madness and violence The development of arete or heroic valour Friendship5. Plan of Structure6. The Date7. The Text8. Manuscripts and Editorial SymbolsTEXT AND TRANSLATION OF HERACLES Hypothesis. Plot Summary Text and TranslationCOMMENTARYSelect Bibliography to HeraclesIndex to Heracles
£25.29
Liverpool University Press Euripides Hippolytus
Book SynopsisIn Euripides’ Hippolytus, a young man (Hippolytus) is falsely accused of rape after rejecting a married woman's (Phaedra's) advances. This excellent play is crucial to Euripidean studies, due to its influence, and also as it shows us Euripides’ ‘rewriting’ of his earlier play on the same topic. Greek text with translation and commentary.Table of ContentsGeneral Editor’s ForewordGeneral Introduction to the Series I. The Ancient Theatre II. Greek Tragedy III. EuripidesIntroduction to Hippolytus I. Hippolytus: Mythical Background and Cult II. Hippolytus I III. The Play A Note on the Text and TranslationGeneral BibliographyAbbreviations and Bibliography for HippolytusManuscripts and SiglaHippolytus: Text and Translation CommentaryIndex
£27.99
Liverpool University Press Ion Classical Texts Aris Phillips Classical
Book SynopsisIon is generally regarded as one of Euripides’ most attractive plays. A skilfully organised plot, charming characters, exciting situations and thought-provoking themes make it an excellent introduction to the study of Greek drama generally and of Euripides in particular. Greek text with facing translation, introduction and commentary.Table of ContentsGeneral Editor’s ForewordPrefaceAbbreviationsAddenda 2007Updated General BibliographyIntroduction to Ion 1. Plot and meaning 2. Structure 3. Characters 4. Themes and Issues 5. Myth 6. Staging 7. Date 8. Text and TranslationManuscripts and Editorial SymbolsText and Translation of Ion CommentaryBibliography for IonIndex
£29.99
Liverpool University Press Euripides
Book SynopsisProduced in 408 BC, Orestes marks the culmination of Euripides' development, and in antiquity it surpassed all other tragedies in popularity. An exuberant and entertaining melodrama full of varied action, emotion and novel theatrical effects — no study of Greek drama should neglect it. Text with translation, introduction and commentary.Trade Review"West's introduction is full of interest and penetrative insight."London Association of Classical Teachers (LACT)"Strongly recommended."ChoiceTable of ContentsGeneral Editor’s ForewordAuthor’s PrefaceAuthor’s Postscript 2005Updated General BibliographyIntroduction to Orestes I. Orestes in the Development of Tragedy II. The Story III. Literary Sources and Models IV. Characters, Ethics, Contemporary Background V. Production VI. From Euripides’ Text to OursNotes to Introduction to OrestesBibliography to OrestesAbbreviationsSiglaText and TranslationCommentaryIndex
£27.99
Liverpool University Press Aeschylus Eumenides
Book SynopsisThis edition of Aeschylus' Eumenides presents a newly constituted text that diverges substantially from Page's Oxford Classical Text of 1972. The facing-page translation is in prose, with literary and historical commentary, notes, and an introduction dealing with myth, historical background and suggested staging of the play.Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTIONI. The Myth before Aeschylus; cult of the Semnai; early Conceptions of the ErinyesII. Staging a. The Design of the Early Theatreb. The Staging of EumenidesIII. Philosophy and PoliticsIV. Influencea. Ancient Literatureb. Ancient Artc. The Myth in Later Literature and MusicV. The Eumenides and its Place in the Work of Aeschylus; Dike (Justice) in The Oresteia; the Moral of the TrilogyVI. The Text of Eumenides and its TransmissionNOTESTEXT AND TRANSLATIONCOMMENTARYApparatus CriticusAppendicesI. Athenian Judicial Procedure as Reflected in the Trial SceneII. Athena’s Vote at vv. 735 and 752–3 and the so-called “Vote of Athena”III. The Choral MetresGENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEXIllustrations:Side panel of a Roman sarcophagusRoman marble sarcophagusApulian calyx-krater
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Liverpool University Press Sophocles Philoctetes Aris Phillips Classical
Book SynopsisPhiloctetes is a tragedy of surpassing human interest, portraying relationships against a background of terrible suffering and mean intrigue. This edition provides the Greek text with facing translation; a commentary elucidating the action; and an Introduction with analysis of the play, and notes on its background and manuscript tradition.Table of ContentsPreface AbbreviationsBibliographyIntroduction Notes SiglaPHILOCTETES – Text and TranslationNote on the HypothesesCommentaryAppendixes: Metre Apparatus CriticusGlossaryIndex
£25.29
Liverpool University Press Bacchae Classical Texts Aris Phillips Classical
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first English commentary on Euripides’ play Bacchae since that of E. R. Dodds (1960). It takes account of studies made on the play since then, as well as discussing recent scholarship and new research into the cult of Dionysus. Greek text with facing translation, introduction and commentary. Bibliography updated in 2015.Table of ContentsGeneral Editor’s ForewordPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction to Bacchae: I: Tradition and Structure II: The Bacchae and the Dionysiac III: The Bacchae and Cult IV: The Bacchae and the Polis V: The Transmission of the BacchaeManuscriptsApparatus CriticusText and Translation of BacchaeSelected Text from Christus PatiensCommentaryGeneral Bibliography Selected Bibliography for BacchaeIndex
£25.29
Liverpool University Press Euripides Andromache Aris Phillips Classical
Book SynopsisAndromache, written in the early years of the Peloponnesian War, shows the effects of war on the conquerors and the conquered. The other main theme is the role and nature of women, explored through the conflict between the contrasting figures of Andromache and Hermione. Greek text with facing translation, introduction and commentary. 2nd ed.Trade Review'A sound and useful edition, with a reliable translation and a sensible commentary.'David Sansone, Exemplaria Classica (January, 2007)Table of ContentsGeneral Editor’s ForewordPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction The Myth Structure and Themes Wives and Concubines Locale and Staging Date and Place of Production A Note on the Greek TextManuscripts and Editorial SymbolsText and Translation of AndromacheCommentaryGeneral Bibliography for Euripides Bibliography for AndromacheIndex
£25.29
Liverpool University Press Euripides Suppliant Women
Book SynopsisA group of Argive women beg King Theseus to bring about the burial of their sons who are being denied it by their Theban conquerors. The play explores themes of a just war, the family, the role and behaviour of women, and the education of Theseus, as he is transformed from a great hero into a great man. Text with facing translation and commentary.Trade Review'A very thorough and scholarly account of...an unjustly neglected play.'Neill Croally, JACT, 2007'The many qualities of this volume will enable numerous readers to enjoy the discovery of this magnificent play which, as James Morwood reminds us, has too long been considered as a minor work by Euripides, a play of political propaganda. Each part of the book, the Introduction, Translation and Commentary, aims to facilitate reading and stimulate interest, without drowning the reader in technical details concerning Euripides language or the editing of his work.'Aurelie Wach, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2007Table of ContentsGeneral Editor's ForewordEditor's Preface Introduction: 1. Plot, themes and motifs 2. Politics and character 3a. King Theseus and democratic Athens 3b. Theseus, Herakles and Kimon 4. Athenian funeral encomia and Adrastos' oration 5. The play's geography 5a. Eleusis 5b. Thebes 5c. Argos 6. The myth and its reception 7. Date 8. The text and translationBibliography and Abbreviations for Suppliant WomenMap: The Greece of the playSuppliant Women: Greek text with parallel translationCommentaryAppendix: The Argive women and Athenian mourning legislationGeneral BibliographyIndex
£25.29
Cambridge University Press Euripides Bacchae
Book SynopsisAn up-to-date edition of one of the most widely read and performed Greek tragedies. Offers new interpretative suggestions and provides detailed guidance on problems of language and dramaturgy. Ideal for students of Greek at all levels, while also of interest to scholars of Greek literature and cultural history.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Symbols and Sigla; ΕΥΡΙΠΙΔΟΥ ΒΑΚΧΑΙ; Commentary; Bibliography
£24.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Modern Tragedy
Book SynopsisWhat distinguishes modern tragedy from other forms of drama? How does it relate to contemporary political and social conditions? To what ends have artists employed the tragic form in different locations during the 20th century? Partly motivated by the urgency of our current situation in an age of ecocidal crisis, Modern Tragedy encompasses a variety of drama from throughout the 20th century. James Moran begins this book with John Millington Synge's Riders to the Sea (1904), which shows how environmental awareness might be expressed through tragic drama. Moran also looks at Brecht's reworking of Synge's drama in the 1937 play Señora Carrar's Rifles, and situates Brecht''s script in the light of the theatre practitioner's broader ideas about tragedy. Brecht's tragic thinking informed by Hegel and Marx is contrasted with the Schopenhauerian approach of Samuel Beckett. The volume goes on to examine theatre makers whose ideas were partly motivated by applying an undeTrade ReviewTaking his cue from Raymond Williams' landmark Modern Tragedy (1966), James Moran updates our understanding of 20th-century tragic drama to speak to contemporary concerns about politics, decolonisation and the climate emergency. An admirably clear and engaging argument for the continuing relevance of an age-old theatrical tradition. * Jennifer Wallace, University of Cambridge, UK, and author of Tragedy Since 9/11 *Table of ContentsSeries Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Does Modern Tragedy Exist? 1. From 1904: Synge and the Nature Elegy 2. From 1937: Brecht and Political Engagement 3. From 1954: Walcott, Clark and the Postcolonial Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£19.67
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Aeschylus Agamemnon
Book SynopsisThis accessible edition for students brings the Agamemnon, Aeschylus'' opening play in the Oresteia trilogy, to life for first-time readers. A hugely popular play in antiquity and with a rich reception history to the present day, this is an essential play for students of classics, drama and the canon of western literature. Leah Himmelhoch provides a helpful guide for students and instructors wishing to study and teach the play, building on her over twenty-five years of experience teaching college and university students. A quick introduction sets out Agamemnons historical, literary, and performative context, its use of imagery and themes (especially gender conflict and the perversion of sacrificial ritual), and its subsequent literary and cultural impact while extensive commentary notes guide students through every line of the Greek text. Difficult passages are carefully explained while the power and beauty of the language is brought out at every opportunity. HimmTable of ContentsIntroduction Text Commentary Bibliography
£33.24
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Arthur Miller Plays 1
Book SynopsisThe greatest American dramatist of our age. (Evening Standard)In this collected works, five of Arthur Miller''s most-produced and popular plays are brought together in a new edition, alongside an exclusive introduction by Ivo van Hove, the celebrated contemporary director of Miller''s works.All five plays were written by Miller within a ten-year period which began with his first Broadway hit, All My Sons, in 1947 which led Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times to state that ''theatre has acquired a genuine new talent.'' This was followed in 1949 by his exploration of the American Dream in Death of a Salesman, which went on to win the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.The Crucible followed in 1953, produced during the McCarthy era and becoming a parable of the witch-hunting practices of a government determined to root-out Communists. A View from the Bridge, originally performed in 1955, concerns the lives of longshoremen Table of Contents1. Introduction by Ivo van Hove 2. Introduction by Arthur Miller 3. All My Sons 4. Death of a Salesman 5. The Crucible 6. A Memory of Two Mondays 7. A View from the Bridge
£18.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Arthur Miller Plays 4
Book SynopsisListen to the dialogue: no other American dramatist has this feel for the ordinary talk of ordinary people, or the knowledge of what they do. This is more than a writer''s craft, it is a psychological and moral openness to humanity, an act not of imitating, but of sharing. Sunday TimesThis fourth anthology features Arthur Miller''s two early plays, The Golden Years, a historical tragedy about Montezuma''s destruction at the hands of Cortez, and The Man Who Had All the Luck, a fable about human freedom and individual responsibility, are brought together in this volume. It also features two of his contemporary shorter plays, I Can''t Remember Anything and Clara, first presented on a double bill as Danger! Memory. The latter focus on the importance and dangers of remembering the past, while the early plays, written at the time of the Second World War, mark the emergence of a drama in which public issues are rooted in private anxieties and c
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Antigone
Book SynopsisWhen her dead brother is decreed a traitor, his body left unburied beyond the city walls, Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of punishments. Defying her uncle who governs, she dares to say No'. Forging ahead with a funeral alone, she places personal allegiance before politics, a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of destruction. Renowned for the revelatory nature of his work, Ivo van Hove first enthralled London audiences with his ground-breaking Roman Tragediesseen at the Barbican in 2009. Drawing on his 'ability to break open texts calcified by tradition' (Guardian), the director now turns to a classic Greek masterpiece.Trade ReviewA marvellous new translation by Anne Carson that crackles with canny colloquialism and insight * Arts Desk *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Greek Tragedy in a Global Crisis
Book SynopsisPROSE AWARDS CLASSICS FINALIST 2024What does it mean to read Greek tragedy in a pandemic, a global crisis? How can Greek tragedy address urgent contemporary troubles? One of the outstanding and most widely read theorists in the discipline, Mario Telò, brings together a deep understanding of Greek tragedy and its most famous icons with contemporary times. In close readings of plays such as Alcestis, Antigone, Bacchae, Hecuba, Oedipus the King, Prometheus Bound, and Trojan Women, our experience is precariously refracted back in the formal worlds of plays named after and, to an extent, epitomized by tragic characters.Structured around four thematic clusters Air Time Faces, Communities, Ruins, and Insurrections this book presents timely interventions in critical theory and in the debates that matter to us as disaster becomes routine in the time-out-of-joint of a (post-)pandemic world. Violently encompassing all pre-existing and future crises (relational, political and ecological),Trade ReviewGreek Tragedy in a Global Crisis is an exciting experiment in thinking with and through ancient theater and contemporary theory. It stimulates, provokes, and consoles, and will be a powerful resource for readers of all kinds. -- Joshua Billings, Professor of Classics, Princeton University, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Reading Greek Tragedy through Pandemic Times I. Air Time Faces 1. Oedipus 2. Teiresias Cadmus Dionysus 3. Iphigenia II. Communities 4. Alcestis 5. The suppliant women III. Ruins 6. Antigone 7. Niobe IV. Insurrections 8. Prometheus 9. Hecuba 10. The Trojan women Epilogue
£61.75
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Greek Tragedy in a Global Crisis
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to read Greek tragedy in a pandemic, a global crisis? How can Greek tragedy address urgent contemporary troubles? One of the outstanding and most widely read theorists in the discipline, Mario Telò, brings together a deep understanding of Greek tragedy and its most famous icons with contemporary times. In close readings of plays such as Alcestis, Antigone, Bacchae, Hecuba, Oedipus the King, Prometheus Bound, and Trojan Women, our experience is precariously refracted back in the formal worlds of plays named after and, to an extent, epitomized by tragic characters. Structured around four thematic clusters Air Time Faces, Communities, Ruins, and Insurrections this book presents timely interventions in critical theory and in the debates that matter to us as disaster becomes routine in the time-out-of-joint of a (post-)pandemic world. Violently encompassing all pre-existing and future crises (relational, political and ecological), the pandemic coincides with the queer Trade ReviewGreek Tragedy in a Global Crisis is an exciting experiment in thinking with and through ancient theater and contemporary theory. It stimulates, provokes, and consoles, and will be a powerful resource for readers of all kinds. -- Joshua Billings, Professor of Classics, Princeton University, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Reading Greek Tragedy through Pandemic Times I. Air Time Faces 1. Oedipus 2. Teiresias Cadmus Dionysus 3. Iphigenia II. Communities 4. Alcestis 5. The suppliant women III. Ruins 6. Antigone 7. Niobe IV. Insurrections 8. Prometheus 9. Hecuba 10. The Trojan women Epilogue
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Violence and Son
Book SynopsisWelsh playwright Gary Owen makes his Royal Court debut with Violence and Son. He is the winner of the Meyer Whitworth, George Devine and Pearson best play awards. His other plays include Iphigenia in Splott, Love Steals Us from Loneliness, Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco, The Shadow of a Boy, The Drowned World (winner Fringe first), Ghost City, Cancer Time, SK8, Big Hopes, In the Pipeline, Blackthorn, Mary Twice, Amgen, Broken, Bulletproof, The Ugly Truth and Free Folk. His adaptations include Spring Awakening and Ring, Ring, a new version of La Ronde for the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Dicken's A Christmas Carol for Sherman Cymru. He is a Creative Associate at Watford Palace Theatre, where his plays We that Are Left, Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian, and Perfect Match have been produced.Trade Review'Resurgent Welsh playwright Gary Owen has a knack for getting inside the heads of troubled teens...Now he excels himself...the finesse of Owen’s writing ably ranges from the local to the universal...Every teenager – and every recovering ex-teenager – should see this.' * Telegraph ???? *'Gary Owen has written a seriously good play, set in small-town south Wales, about violence, love and loss... What is especially good about the play is its downright condemnation of a bullying male ethos and its acknowledgment that domestic violence has its own complexities... a fine play.' * The Guardian *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Tragedy in Antiquity
Book SynopsisEmily Wilson is a Professor of Classical Studies and Chair of the Program in Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Introduction, Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 1. Forms and Media, Naomi Weiss (Harvard University, USA) 2. Sites of Performance and Circulation, Rosa D'Andújar (King's College London, UK) 3. Communities of Production and Consumption, Eirene Visvardi (Wesleyan University, USA) 4. Philosophy and Social Theory, Austin Busch (College at Brockport, USA) 5. Religion, Ritual and Myth, Isabelle Torrance (Aarhus University, Denmark) 6. Politics of City and Nation, Robert Cowan (University of Sydney, Australia) 7. Society and Family, Marcel Widzicz (Southern Virginia University, USA) 8. Gender and Sexuality, Kirk Ormand (Oberlin College, USA) Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Middle
Book SynopsisJody Enders is Distinguished Professor of French at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.Theresa Coletti is Professor of English and Distinguished Scholar Teacher Emerita at the University of Maryland, USA.John T. Sebastian is Professor of English at Loyola Marymount University, USA.Carol Symes is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface General Editor’s Acknowledgements Introduction: Miscarriages of Justice, Jody Enders (University of California, USA) 1. Forms and Media, Carol Symes (University of Illinois, USA) 2. Sites of Performance and Circulation, Christopher Swift (City University of New York, USA) 3. Communities of Production and Consumption, John T. Sebastian (Loyola Marymount University, USA) 4. Philosophy and Social Theory, Antonio Donato (City University of New York, USA) and Erith Jaffe-Berg (University of California, USA) 5. Religion, Ritual, and Myth, John Parker (University of Virginia, USA) 6. Politics of City and Nation, Hannah Skoda (University of Oxford, UK) 7. Society and Family, Theresa Coletti (University of Maryland College Park, USA) 8. Gender and Sexuality, Karen Sullivan (Bard College, USA) Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Early Modern
Book SynopsisNaomi Conn Liebler is Professor of English and a University Distinguished Scholar at Montclair State University, USA.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Introduction: Defining the Elephant, Naomi Conn Liebler (Montclair State University, USA) 1. Forms and Media, Rebecca Bushnell (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 2. Sites of Performance and Circulation, Bruce R. Smith (University of Southern California, USA) 3. Communities of Production and Consumption, András Kiséry (The City College of New York, USA) 4. Philosophy and Social Theory, Richard Wilson (Kingston University, UK and the University of Oxford, UK) 5. Religion, Ritual and Myth, Paul Innes (University of Gloucestershire, UK) 6. Politics of City and Nation, Ivan Lupic (Stanford University, USA) 7. Society and Family, Coppélia Kahn (Brown University, USA) 8. Gender and Sexuality, Goran Stanivukovic (Saint Mary’s University, Canada) Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Age of
Book SynopsisMitchell Greenberg is Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Romance Studies at Cornell University, USA.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors List of Illustrations List of Graphs Series Preface Introduction: Definitions and Understandings, Mitchell Greenberg (Cornell University, USA) 1. Forms and Media, Christian Biet (University of Paris Nanterre and Institut Universitaire de France, France) 2. Sites of Performance and Circulation, Jan Clarke (Durham University, UK) 3. Communities of Production and Consumption, Sylvaine Guyot (Harvard University, USA) and Clotilde Thouret (Lorraine University, France) 4. Philosophy and Social Theory, Jonathan Strauss (Miami University, USA) 5. Religion, Ritual and Myth, Juliette Cherbuliez (University of Minnesota) and Christopher Semk (Independent Scholar) 6. Politics of City and Nation, Julie Stone Peters (Columbia University, USA) 7. Society and Family, John D. Lyons (University of Virginia, USA) 8. Gender and Sexuality, Jennifer Row (University of Minnesota, USA) Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Modern Age
Book SynopsisJennifer Wallace is the author of Tragedy Since 9/11: Reading a World Out of Joint (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019) and the Director of Studies in English at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, UK.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Editor's Acknowledgements Introduction: Tragedy Since 1920, Jennifer Wallace (University of Cambridge, UK) 1. Forms and Media, Ramona Mosse (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany) 2. Sites of Performance, Drew Milne (University of Cambridge, UK) 3. Communities of Production and Consumption, Olga Taxidou (University of Edinburgh, UK) 4. Philosophy and Social Theory, David Kornhaber (The University of Texas at Austin, USA) 5. Religion, Ritual and Myth, Ben Quash (King's College London, UK) 6. Politics of City and Nation, Tony Fisher (The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK) 7. Society and Family, Kélina Gotman (King's College London, UK) 8. Gender and Sexuality, P.A. Skantze (Roehampton University, UK) Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Tragedy in Antiquity
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Introduction, Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 1. Forms and Media, Naomi Weiss (Harvard University, USA) 2. Sites of Performance and Circulation, Rosa D'Andújar (King's College London, UK) 3. Communities of Production and Consumption, Eirene Visvardi (Wesleyan University, USA) 4. Philosophy and Social Theory, Austin Busch (College at Brockport, USA) 5. Religion, Ritual and Myth, Isabelle Torrance (Aarhus University, Denmark) 6. Politics of City and Nation, Robert Cowan (University of Sydney, Australia) 7. Society and Family, Marcel Widzicz (Southern Virginia University, USA) 8. Gender and Sexuality, Kirk Ormand (Oberlin College, USA) Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Middle Ages
Book SynopsisJody Enders is Distinguished Professor of French at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.Theresa Coletti is Professor of English at the University of Maryland, USA.John T. Sebastian is Professor of English at Loyola Marymount University, USA.Carol Symes is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface General Editor’s Acknowledgements Introduction: Miscarriages of Justice, Jody Enders (University of California, USA) 1. Forms and Media, Carol Symes (University of Illinois, USA) 2. Sites of Performance and Circulation, Christopher Swift (City University of New York, USA) 3. Communities of Production and Consumption, John T. Sebastian (Loyola Marymount University, USA) 4. Philosophy and Social Theory, Antonio Donato (City University of New York, USA) and Erith Jaffe-Berg (University of California, USA) 5. Religion, Ritual, and Myth, John Parker (University of Virginia, USA) 6. Politics of City and Nation, Hannah Skoda (University of Oxford, UK) 7. Society and Family, Theresa Coletti (University of Maryland College Park, USA) 8. Gender and Sexuality, Karen Sullivan (Bard College, USA) Notes Bibliography Index
£94.18
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Early Modern
Book SynopsisNaomi Conn Liebler is a Professor of English and a University Distinguished Scholar at Montclair State University, USA.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Introduction: Defining the Elephant, Naomi Conn Liebler (Montclair State University, USA) 1. Forms and Media, Rebecca Bushnell (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 2. Sites of Performance and Circulation, Bruce R. Smith (University of Southern California, USA) 3. Communities of Production and Consumption, András Kiséry (The City College of New York, USA) 4. Philosophy and Social Theory, Richard Wilson (Kingston University, UK and the University of Oxford, UK) 5. Religion, Ritual and Myth, Paul Innes (University of Gloucestershire, UK) 6. Politics of City and Nation, Ivan Lupic (Stanford University, USA) 7. Society and Family, Coppélia Kahn (Brown University, USA) 8. Gender and Sexuality, Goran Stanivukovic (Saint Mary’s University, Canada) Notes Bibliography Index
£94.18
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Age of
Book SynopsisMitchell Greenberg is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Romance Studies at Cornell University, USA.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors List of Illustrations List of Graphs Series Preface Introduction: Definitions and Understandings, Mitchell Greenberg (Cornell University, USA) 1. Forms and Media, Christian Biet (University of Paris Nanterre and Institut Universitaire de France, France) 2. Sites of Performance and Circulation, Jan Clarke (Durham University, UK) 3. Communities of Production and Consumption, Sylvaine Guyot (Harvard University, USA) and Clotilde Thouret (Lorraine University, France) 4. Philosophy and Social Theory, Jonathan Strauss (Miami University, USA) 5. Religion, Ritual and Myth, Juliette Cherbuliez (University of Minnesota) and Christopher Semk (Independent Scholar) 6. Politics of City and Nation, Julie Stone Peters (Columbia University, USA) 7. Society and Family, John D. Lyons (University of Virginia, USA) 8. Gender and Sexuality, Jennifer Row (University of Minnesota, USA) Notes Bibliography Index
£94.18
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Age of
Book SynopsisMichael Gamer is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Diego Saglia is Professor of English Literature at the University of Parma, Italy.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Introduction: The Nineteenth Century: ‘Tragedy in the World,’ Michael Gamer (University of Pennsylvania, USA) and Diego Saglia (University of Parma, Italy) 1. Forms and Media, Lissette Lopez Szwydky (University of Arkansas, USA) 2. Sites of Performance and Circulation, Katherine Newey (University of Exeter, UK) 3. Communities of Production and Consumption, Sharon Aronofsky Weltman (Louisiana State University, USA) 4. Philosophy and Social Theory, Jonathan Sachs (Concordia University, Canada) 5. Religion, Ritual, and Myth, Jeffrey Cox (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) 6. Politics of City and Nation, Michael Meeuwis (University of Warwick, UK) 7. Society and Family, Dana Van Kooy (Michigan Technological University, USA) 8. Gender and Sexuality, Cole Heinowitz (Bard College, USA) Notes Bibliography Index
£94.18
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Modern Age
Book SynopsisJennifer Wallace is the author of Tragedy Since 9/11: Reading a World Out of Joint (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019) and the Director of Studies in English at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, UK.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Editor's Acknowledgements Introduction: Tragedy Since 1920, Jennifer Wallace (University of Cambridge, UK) 1. Forms and Media, Ramona Mosse (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany) 2. Sites of Performance, Drew Milne (University of Cambridge, UK) 3. Communities of Production and Consumption, Olga Taxidou (University of Edinburgh, UK) 4. Philosophy and Social Theory, David Kornhaber (The University of Texas at Austin, USA) 5. Religion, Ritual and Myth, Ben Quash (King's College London, UK) 6. Politics of City and Nation, Tony Fisher (The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK) 7. Society and Family, Kélina Gotman (King's College London, UK) 8. Gender and Sexuality, P.A. Skantze (Roehampton University, UK) Notes Bibliography Index
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Graphic Arts Books Antony and Cleopatra
Book SynopsisAntony and Cleopatra (1607) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Inspired by Thomas North’s translation of Plutarch’s Lives—a series of biographies on influential figures of the ancient world—Shakespeare wrote Antony and Cleopatra sometime between 1599 and 1601. Often considered a sequel of sorts to his earlier play Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra has served as source material for countless film and television adaptations. “Let Rome in Tiber melt, and the wide arch / Of the ranged empire fall! Here is my space.” For his wit and wordplay alone, William Shakespeare is often considered the greatest writer to ever work in the English language. Where he truly triumphs, however, is in his ability to portray complex human emotions, how these emotions contribute to relationships, and how these relationships interact with politics, culture, and religion. As the Roman Republic faces threats both foreign and domestic, Mark Antony—a triumvir alongside Lepidus and Octavius—abandons his duties to remain in Alexandria with his lover, Queen Cleopatra of Egypt. When the demands of state become impossible to ignore any longer, he returns to Rome. There, he is encouraged to marry Octavia, the sister of his fellow ruler. At the risk of rupturing their fragile relationship, he consents, enraging Cleopatra. As conflict with Octavius forces Antony out of the triumvirate, he returns to his lover to rule over Egypt. But Rome and revenge are never too far away. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Graphic Arts Books The Tragedy of Hamlet
Book SynopsisHamlet (1601) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Inspired by Danish historian Saxo Grammatica’s legend of Amleth, which Shakespeare likely encountered in a retelling by French scholar Francois de Belleforest, Hamlet was written sometime between 1599 and 1601. Alongside Romeo and Juliet, it is one of Shakespeare’s most performed plays and has served as source material for countless film and television adaptations. “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” For his wit and wordplay alone, William Shakespeare is often considered the greatest writer to ever work in the English language. Where he truly triumphs, however, is in his ability to portray complex human emotions, how these emotions contribute to relationships, and how these relationships interact with politics, culture, and religion. Hamlet is a story of things seen and unseen. Ghosts, assassins, shadowy plots, a play within a play, lengthy asides—its universe swirls with paranoia and fear, allowing us to enter the mind of its troubled protagonist. When the ghost of his father appears on the castle rampart, Danish prince Hamlet grows increasingly suspicious of his uncle Polonius’ role in the former king’s death. As his relationships with Ophelia, his lover, and Gertrude, his mother, begin to sour, Hamlet loses sight of his duties as a leader. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.
£6.99
Graphic Arts Books Romeo and Juliet
Book SynopsisRomeo and Juliet (1597) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Inspired by an Italian tale adapted for an English audience in 1562 by Arthur Brooke and in 1567 by William Painter, Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet sometime between 1591 and 1595. Alongside Hamlet, it is one of Shakespeare’s most performed plays and has served as source material for countless film and television adaptations. “Two households, both alike in dignity, / In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, / From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, / Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” For his wit and wordplay alone, William Shakespeare is often considered the greatest writer to ever work in the English language. Where he truly triumphs, however, is in his ability to portray complex human emotions, how these emotions contribute to relationships, and how these relationships interact with politics, culture, and religion. In Romeo and Juliet, a “pair of star-cross’d lovers” risk their lives for one another. Because Romeo is a Montague, he cannot love Juliet, a Capulet, the sworn enemies of his family and their major rival in the city of Verona. As is often the case, their hearts refuse the limits of history, leading them to their tragic, unforgettable end. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Graphic Arts Books Agamemnon
Book SynopsisFrom the perspective of the townspeople and the queen, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon follows the emotional journey of grief, rage, and revenge. Agamemnon had dedicated much of his life to a war that his brother started. He vowed to do whatever it takes to win—committing war crimes and killing innocents. But, even in victory, Agamemnon feels unsatisfied and plagued by the bloodshed he caused. Because of this, he decides to perform a ritual to clear his conscience and regain the gods’ approval. After he fought for ten years in the Trojan war, Clytemnestra eagerly awaited the return of her husband, King Agamemnon. However, upon his arrival, she learns that he has sacrificed one of her loved ones to the gods, in order to win their favor. Though Agamemnon expressed slight remorse, he felt resolute in his actions, as he viewed the sacrifice as a necessity. Already devastated, Clytemnestra is driven to pure rage when she finds that Agamemnon also brought back a “spoil of war”, Cassandra, a Trojan princess and prophetess, who has been punished by the god Apollo for refusing his advances. Though she is able to see the future, she is cursed to be never believed. Considered as Agamemnon’s war prize, Cassandra is trapped in the kingdom, especially hopeless when she receives a vision of unescapable doom. Meanwhile, as Clytemnestra settles in her grief and rage, she creates a plot for vengeance, and much like her husband at war, is unconcerned about any collateral damage. As the first installment of the sole surviving Greek trilogy, Agamemnon is both a stand-alone piece and a compliment to later plays. With symbolism and precise prose, Agamemnon by Aeschylus depicts the consequences of warfare—both abroad and domestic. Featuring strong, dynamic, and well-developed characters and an emotional, dramatic plot, Agamemnon is an enthralling perspective on the fates of famous heroes from Greek mythology. This edition of Aeschylus’ acclaimed tragedy, Agamemnon features a new, eye-catching cover and is reprinted in a modern, readable font. With these accommodations, contemporary readers are encouraged to revisit this classic and enthralling tale of revenge.
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Graphic Arts Books Prometheus Bound
Book SynopsisThough it tells the stories of the defeated, Prometheus Bound and Other Plays features four tragedies that depict both unfortunate demises and the essence of the fighting human spirit. The Suppliants, the first play of the collection, follows the daughters of Danaus as they flee from the loveless marriages that had been forced upon them. The Persians, perhaps the oldest surviving play in existence, portrays the defeat of the Persian King Xeroxes. Though written by a Greek man who fought in the Persian war, The Persians displays a surprisingly sympathetic view of the opposing army. Next in the collection is Seven Against Thebes, which follows the battle between two brothers for the throne of Thebes. After the banishment of Oedipus, Eteocles and Adrastus, the two brothers, engaged in an epic war, fulfilling the tragic curse of the Oedipus family. The title tragedy in Prometheus Bound and Other Plays, Prometheus Bound, tells the tale of the downfall of the titian Prometheus. Before Prometheus, mankind had no advantage over the gods that ruled the heavens and Earth. Humans were forced to cower in the cold darkness, plagued by ignorance until Prometheus took pity on them. With heroic intentions, Prometheus stole fire and knowledge from Olympus and gave it to mankind. Though he brought light, warmth, and understanding to Earth, Zeus was outraged, and so began Prometheus’ punishment. Featuring the oldest surviving play, legendary myths, epic battles, and humanist perspectives, Prometheus Bound and Other Plays by Aeschylus is a classic tragedy that exemplifies empathy and the human spirit even in its tales of defeat. Written by the father of tragedy, this collection is a privileged possession. This edition of Prometheus Bound and Other Plays by Aeschylus is now easier than ever to enjoy with a modern, readable font and a stunning new cover design. Witness a surprising triumph of spirit even in the face of failure with Prometheus Bound and Other Plays.
£5.72
Graphic Arts Books Othello
Book SynopsisOthello, the general of the Venetian army, holds much power and influence but becomes the target of an insidious plot to steal his coveted position. He is overcome with paranoia and enthralled with rumors of his wife’s potential infidelity. Othello has fallen in love with a senator’s daughter, Desdemona, and the two secretly marry. Their partnership generates shock and confusion as Desdemona was also loved by Roderigo, who’d already asked for her hand. Othello’s ensign, Iago, is envious of the general and is spurned when he promotes the young Cassio to a higher position. This marks the beginning of a plot in which Iago plans to destroy Othello’s personal and professional life. He attacks his marriage by stoking the flames of jealousy, insinuating Desdemona’s infidelity. This leads to a violent confrontation with a morbid outcome. Othello is one of William Shakespeare’s most well-known plays. It tackles multiple topics including race, gender, politics and revenge. It’s a gripping drama that details the dangers of greed, envy and their inescapable consequences. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Othello is both modern and readable.
£7.01
