{"product_id":"electra-greek-tragedy-in-new-translations-9780195049602","title":"Electra Greek Tragedy in New Translations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSophocles' \"Electra\" tells the story of the revenge Orestes and Electra take on their mother, Clytemnestra, for he murder of their father Agamemnon, after he returns from the Trojan War. This edition of the play is preceded by a critical introduction and is accompanied by explanatory notes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Carson's interpretation of Electra conveys the uniqueness, the vibrancy, and the tradition that must have been there for the original audience. The characters speak in a style which simultaneously juxtaposes the metrical and the colloquial....[The] changing meter is a wonderful and successful way of revealing the psychic tumult that keeps Electra on the edges of madness and violence.\"--Rain Taxi Online","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862453125463,"sku":"9780195049602","price":16.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780195049602.jpg?v=1759917847","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/electra-greek-tragedy-in-new-translations-9780195049602","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}