Greek Tragedy: Suffering under the Sun

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Edith Hall (Research Professor in Classics & Drama, Royal Holloway University of London)

Greek Tragedy

Suffering under the Sun

Edith Hall (Research Professor in Classics & Drama, Royal Holloway University of London)

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Oxford University Press
21 January 2010

This is an invaluable introduction to ancient Greek tragedy which discusses every surviving play in detail and provides all the background information necessary for understanding the context and content of the plays. Edith Hall argues that the essential feature of the genre is that it always depicts terrible human suffering and death, but in a way that invites philosophical enquiry into their causes and effects, This enquiry was played out in the bright sunlight of open-air theatre, which became a key marker of the boundary between living and dead. The first half of the book is divided into four chapters which address the social and physical contexts in which the plays were performed, the contribution of the poets, actors, funders, and audiences, the poetic composition of the texts, their performance conventions, main themes, and focus on religion, politics, and the family. The second half consists of individual essays on each of the surviving thirty-three plays by the Greek tragedians, and an account of the recent performance of Greek tragic theatre and tragic fragments. An up-to-date 'Suggestions for further reading' is included.

By: Edith Hall (Research Professor in Classics & Drama Royal Holloway University of London)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 223mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780199232512
ISBN 10: 0199232512
Pages: 430
Publication Date: 21 January 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: What is Greek Tragedy? 1: Play Makers 2: Community Identities 3: Confrontations 4: Minds 5: Aeschylean Drama 6: Euripidean Drama 7: Sophoclean Drama Postscript: Greek Tragedy and Greek Tragic Fragments Today

After holding posts at the universities of Cambridge, Reading, Oxford, and Durham, Edith Hall took up a Research Chair in Classics and Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London, in 2006, where she directs the Centre for the Reception of Greece & Rome. She is also Co-Founder and Co-Director, with Oliver Taplin, of the Archive of Performances of Greek & Roman Drama at the University of Oxford, and Chairs the Gilbert Murray Trust. Besides regularly acting as consultant on professional productions of ancient Greek drama, she has contributed to numerous radio and television programmes on ancient Greece and Rome and their legacies in the modern world.

Reviews for Greek Tragedy: Suffering under the Sun

Easily accessible to undergraduates and general readers , but even specialists will find many surprising new angles on the material, as well as cogent formulations of well-known themes. Emily Wilson, Times Literary Supplement