{"product_id":"a-companion-to-aeschylus-9781405188043","title":"A Companion to Aeschylus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA COMPANION TO AESCHYLUS In A Companion to Aeschylus, a team of eminent Aeschyleans and brilliant younger scholars delivers an insightful and original multi-authored examinationthe first comprehensive one in Englishof the works of the earliest surviving Greek tragedian. This book explores Aeschylean drama, and its theatrical, historical, philosophical, religious, and socio-political contexts, as well as the receptions and influence of Aeschylus from antiquity to the present day.    This companion offers readers thorough examinations of Aeschylus as a product of his time, including his place in the early years of the Athenian democracy and his immediate and ongoing impact on tragedy. It also provides comprehensive explorations of all the surviving plays, including Prometheus Bound, which many scholars have concluded is not by Aeschylus.    A Companion to Aeschylus is an ideal resource for students encountering the work of Aeschylus for the first time as well as more advanced scholars se\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Aeschylus and His Place in History 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Burian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Aeschylus in His Time 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Democracy's Age of Bronze: Aeschylus's Plays and Athenian History, 508\/7–454 bce 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert W. Wallace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Aeschylus, Lyric and Epic 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eP. J. Finglass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Tragedy before Aeschylus 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eP. J. Finglass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Aeschylean Drama and Intellectual History 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacques A. Bromberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Aeschylus in Sicily between Tyranny and Democracy 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMalcolm Bell, III\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Aeschylus as Playwright 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Persians 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA. F. Garvie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Seven against Thebes 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsabelle Torrance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Fear of Foreign Women in Aeschylus's \u003ci\u003eSuppliants \u003c\/i\u003e99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca Futo Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Disorder, Resolution and Language: The \u003ci\u003eOresteia \u003c\/i\u003e114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid H. Porter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 \u003ci\u003eEumenides\u003c\/i\u003e: Justice, Gender, the Gods and the City 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Burian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Intertheatricality and Narrative Structure in the \u003ci\u003eElectra \u003c\/i\u003ePlays 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirk Ormand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 \u003ci\u003ePrometheus Bound\u003c\/i\u003e: The Principle of Hope 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI. A. Ruffell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Slices from Aeschylus's Feast: The Fragmentary Works 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony Podlecki\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Aeschylean Satyr Drama 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarl Shaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Tetralogy 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan H. Sommerstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Visualising the Stage 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA. C. Duncan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Choruses of Aeschylus 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEva Stehle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Music, Dance and Metre in Aeschylean Tragedy 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaomi Weiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Aeschylus: Language and Style 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. B. Rutherford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Long View in Aeschylus: Intergenerational Myth-Making through the \"Other\" 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArum Park\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Aeschylus and Greek Society 281\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Aeschylus and Subversion of Ritual 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Seaford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Ghosts, Demons and Gods: Supernatural Challenges 295\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmit Shilo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Inscribing Justice in Aeschylean Drama 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Nooter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Race in Aeschylus's \u003ci\u003eSuppliant Women \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePersians \u003c\/i\u003e323\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Derbew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Aeschylus's \u003ci\u003ePersians \u003c\/i\u003eand the \"Just War\" 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSydnor Roy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Aeschylus and History 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Baragwanath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Aeschylus and Athenian Law 361\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eF. S. Naiden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Aeschylus's Athens between Hegemony and Empire 373\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Rosenbloom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Influence of Aeschylus 389\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Critical Approaches to Aeschylus, from the Nineteenth Century to the Present 391\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Griffith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 The Reception of Aeschylus in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eC. W. Marshall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 The Transmission of Aeschylus: The Miracle of Survival 425\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarsh McCall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 The Bow of Ulysses: Aeschylus and his Translators 437\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeborah H. Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Variations on a Theme: Prometheus 455\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheodore Ziolkowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Myth, History and Revolution in the Nineteenth-Century Reception of the \u003ci\u003eOresteia \u003c\/i\u003e467\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdam Lecznar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Three Landmarks in the Reception of the \u003ci\u003eOresteia \u003c\/i\u003ein Twentieth-Century Drama 479\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVayos Liapis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 \u003ci\u003eOresteia \u003c\/i\u003eon Stage: Koun, Stein, Hall and Mnouchkine 491\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHallie Rebecca Marshall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Transforming Aeschylus on the Modern Stage 505\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelene P. Foley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Applied Aeschylus 518\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Meineck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Teaching the \u003ci\u003eOresteia \u003c\/i\u003eas a Work for the Theatre 533\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobin Mitchell-Boyask\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacques A. Bromberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 558\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407919980887,"sku":"9781405188043","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405188043.jpg?v=1730500959","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-aeschylus-9781405188043","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}