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IX, 186 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag stark berieben, mit Randläsuren und Einrissen im Schutzumschlag, Buchrücken stark ausgeblichen, Buchschnitt leicht stockfleckig / dust jacket heavily rubbed, with edge tears and tears in dust jacket, spine heavily faded, book edges lightly foxed. - Throughout the centuries playwrights have returned to the heroes and heroines of Greek drama to find subjects for their theater. In this study, Käte Hamburger offers a new thesis to explain why those Greek figures, and certain ones in particular, have remained subjects for reinterpretation. She is precise in defining the figures themselves, not the themes, as the subject of her study. Her purpose is "not merely to recognize the reinterpretation as such but to investigate the germ, often hidden, in the Greek model that may have produced the modern version." The book is based on a series of lectures and does not aim to be inclusive. Dr. Hamburger is concerned primarily with contemporary plays, and, although many additional works are discussed, she finds in the following plays the most significant modern reinterpretations: Sartre s The Flies, Girau- doux s Electra, Hauptmann s Iphigenia, Wilder s Alcestiad, Braun s Medea, and Anouilh s Antigone. These plays are central to her thesis both because as reinterpretations they have shaped a modern consciousness of the figures and also because the models from which they are drawn allow for different points of view. Thus she believes Giraudoux can interpret Electra as one who wills to live and does so without violence to his model and with expression of a prevalent modern theme. Oedipus, on the other hand, one of the most powerful of Sophocles figures, is too completely realized and too entirely defined by prophesy and by his insistence upon truth to allow for meaningful reinterpretation. This provocative thesis will intrigue all who share an interest in drama classical or modern. / CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 CLYTEMNESTRA 2 ORESTES 3 ELECTRA 4 IPHIGENIA 5 HELEN 6 ALCESTIS 7 PHAEDRA 8 MEDEA 9 OEDIPUS 10 ANTIGONE EPILOGUE NOTES LIST OF PLAYS DISCUSSED INDEX. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. Seller Inventory # 1195419
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