Presenting the complete texts of eight of the world's greatest plays, this important volume illuminates the changing concept of tragedy from Sophocles to O'Neill.
Some of the world's greatest dramas unfold on these pages. In the powerful and famous plays of Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripedes, Oedipus makes his disastrous marriage, Prometheus struggles against Zeus to break his painful chains, and the Love Goddess, Aphrodite, takes her revenge on the Theban prince who slighted her. Shakespeare's King Lear suffers at the hands of his two evil daughters. The great Scandinavian dramatists Ibsen and Strindberg fearlessly present stories of infidelity and social disease, while Desire under the Elms, Eugene O'Neill's savage picture of primitive desires in modern New England, rounds out this excellent anthology. Including important essays by noteworthy critics and philosophers, this book is an ideal companion to the editors' Eight Great Comedies.
Featured Plays-
Prometheus Unbound (Aeschylus)
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Hippolytus (Euripedes)
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
Ghosts (Henrik Ibsen)
Miss Julie (August Strindberg)
On Baile's Strand (William Butler Yeats)
Desire under the Elms (Eugene O'Neill)
Also includes essays by Aristotle, Hume, Emerson, Tillyard, Richards, and Krutch.
Edited by:
Morton Berman,
Sylvan Barnet,
William Burton,
William Burto
Imprint: Plume
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 137mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 397g
ISBN: 9780452011724
ISBN 10: 0452011728
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 01 November 1996
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Eight Great TragediesGeneral Introduction Part One: The Tragedies Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound, translated by E. A. Havelock Sophocles: Oedipus the King, translated by J. T. Sheppard Euripides: Hippolytus, translated by F. L. Lucas William Shakespeare: King Lear Henrik Isben: Ghosts, translated by William Archer August Strindberg: Miss Julie, translated by C. D. Locock William Butler Yeats: On Baile's Strand Eugene O'Neill: Desire under the Elms Part Two: The Essays Aristotle: From The Poetics, translated by L. J. Potts David Hume: Of Tragedy Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Tragic E. M. W. Tillyard: From Shakespeare's Problem Plays I. A. Richards: From Principles of Literary Criticism Joseph Wood Krutch: From The Tragic Fallacy A Note on the Greek Theater Bibliography
Sylvan Barnetwrote numerous texts analyzing the works of Shakespeare as well as the writing craft. He was the general editor for Signet Classics Shakespeare as well as professor emeritus at Tufts University. He died in 2016. Morton Bermanis professor emeritus of English as Boston University. William Burtoserved as the chair of the Department of English as Lowell State College, which became University of Massachusetts-Lowell. He wrote several texts focusing on the poetry of Shakespeare. He died in 2013.
