Alcestis is one of Euripides' richest and most brilliant - as well as most controversial - plays. But, apart from D. J. Conacher's student text, no annotated edition in English has appeared for more than fifty years. The present work is designed to aid close reading and to serve as an introduction to the serious study of the play in its various aspects. The introduction covers the background to the story in myth and folktale, its treatment by other writers from antiquity to the present, the critical reception of Euripides' play, and its textual transmission and metres.
Edited by:
L. P. E. Parker (Emeritus Fellow St Hugh's College Oxford) Imprint: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 241mm,
Width: 162mm,
Spine: 27mm
Weight: 1g ISBN:9780199254668 ISBN 10: 0199254664 Pages: 400 Publication Date:01 February 2007 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Sources for the text Symbols used in the apparatus Metrical symbols and abbreviations The hypotheses The characters Text Commentary Editions: a select list Select bibliography Indexes
L. P. E. Parker is Emeritus Fellow, St Hugh's College, Oxford.
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