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Book SynopsisHow can we make sense of the innovative structure of Euripidean drama? And what political role did tragedy play in the democracy of classical Athens? These questions are usually considered to be mutually exclusive, but this book shows that they can only be properly answered together. Providing a new approach to the aesthetics and politics of Greek
Trade Review"Wohl is a careful reader of Euripides and she advances cogent observations and arguments, many about more than just the formal aspects of his plays."--Choice "An important and thoughtful analysis of the relationship between politics and aesthetic form in a select number of Euripidean plays... An insightful study that is accessible to students and rewarding for scholars. It makes a major contribution to the study of Euripidean drama and offers a productive model for rethinking how tragedy worked through aesthetic form."--David Kawalko Roselli, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction. The Politics of Form 1 Chapter 1. Dramatic Means and Ideological Ends 19 Chapter 2. Beautiful Tears 39 Chapter 3. Recognition and Realism 63 Chapter 4. The Politics of Political Allegory 89 Chapter 5. Broken Plays for a Broken World 110 Conclusion. Content of the Form 132 Notes 143 Bibliography 171 Index 193
