Euripides and the poetics of sorrow : art, gender, and commemoration in Alcestis, Hippolytus, and Hecuba /

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Where is the pleasure in tragedy? This question, how suffering and sorrow become the stuff of aesthetic delight, is at the center of Charles Segal's new book, which collects and expands his recent explorations of Euripides' art. Alcestis, Hippolytus, and Hecuba, the three early plays inter...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Segal, Charles, 1936-2002 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1993.
Series:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Subjects:
Euripides > Criticism and interpretation.
Hippolytus > (Mythological character) > In literature.
Hecuba, > Queen of Troy > In literature.
Alcestis, > Queen, consort of Admetus, King of Pherae > In literature.
Euripides. > Alcestis.
Euripides. > Hippolytus.
Euripides. > Hecuba.
Euripide > Critique et interprétation.
Alcestis, > Queen, consort of Admetus, King of Pherae
Euripides
Hecuba, > Queen of Troy
Hippolytus > (Mythological character)
Alcestis (Euripides)
Hecuba (Euripides)
Hippolytus (Euripides)
Trojan War > Literature and the war.
Sex role in literature.
Grief in literature.
Tragedy.
Greek drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Tragédie grecque > Histoire et critique.
Hippolyte (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature.
Hécube (Personnage légendaire) dans la littérature.
Alceste (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature.
Guerre de Troie > Littérature et guerre.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Chagrin dans la littérature.
Tragédie.
tragedies.
tragedy (general genre)
DRAMA > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
DRAMA / Ancient & Classical
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Grief in literature
Literature
Sex role in literature
Tragedy
Smart.
Rouw.
Vrouwenrollen (toneel)
Grieks.
Toneelstukken.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Euripides' Muse of Sorrows and the Artifice of Tragic Pleasure
  • Alcestis: Cold Delight: Art, Death, and Transgression of Genre. Female Death and Male Tears. Admetus' Divided House: Spatial Dichotomies and Gender Roles
  • Hippolytus: Language, Signs, and Gender. Theater, Ritual, and Commemoration. Confusion and Concealment: Vision, Hope, and Tragic Knowledge
  • Hecuba: Golden Armor and Servile Robes: Heroism and Metamorphosis. Violence and the Other: Greek, Female, and Barbarian Law and Universals. The Problem of the Gods
  • Conclusion: Euripides' Songs of Sorrow.

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