Description: Further DetailsTitle: OresteiaCondition: NewSubtitle: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by EuripidesISBN-10: 086547916XEAN: 9780865479166ISBN: 9780865479166Publisher: Faber and Faber IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/02/2010Description: In this innovative rendition of "The Oresteia", the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson combines three different visions - Aischylos' 'Agamemnon', Sophokles' 'Elektra', and Euripides' 'Orestes' - giving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. After the murder of her daughter Iphigeneia by her husband, Agamemnon, Klytaimestra exacts a mother's revenge, murdering Agamemnon and his mistress, Kassandra. Displeased with Klytaimestra's actions, Apollo calls on her son, Orestes, to avenge his father's death with the help of his sister Elektra. In the end, Orestes is driven mad by the Furies for his bloody betrayal of family. Condemned to death by the people of Argos, he and Elektra must justify their actions - signaling a call to change in society, a shift from the capricious governing of the gods to the rule of man-made law. Carson's accomplished rendering combines elements of contemporary vernacular with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy, opening up the plays to a modern audience. In addition to its accessibility, the wit and dazzling morbidity of her prose sheds new light on the saga for scholars.Carson's "Oresteia" is a watershed translation, a death dance of vengeance and passion not to be missed.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 139mmItem Width: 16mmItem Weight: 261gTranslator: Anne CarsonContributor: Anne Carson (Translated by)Author: Anne CarsonGenre: Poetry & DramaRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Oresteia
Title: Oresteia
Subtitle: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripide
ISBN-10: 086547916X
EAN: 9780865479166
ISBN: 9780865479166
Release Date: 03/02/2010
Release Year: 2010
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Anne Carson
Contributor: Anne Carson (Translated by)
Book Title: Oresteia : Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Topic: European / General, Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Ancient & Classical, Religious & Liturgical
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Drama
Item Weight: 8.8 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Aeschylus, Sophocles
Item Width: 5.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
