Euripides our contemporary / J. Michael Walton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Introduction --- 1. Domesticating Tragedy. 1. Playmaker and Image-Breaker -- 2. The Family Saga: Phoenician Women, Bacchae, Iphigeneia at Aulis -- 3. Women and Men: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus -- 4. The Comic Touch: Cyclops, Ion, Orestes, Electra, Bacchae, Children of Heracles, Helen --- II. Powerful Forces: The Grand Passions. 5. War and the Military: Rhesus, Trojan Women, Suppliants, Iphigeneia at Aulis -- 6. Revenge: Electra, Hecuba, Children of Heracles, Andromache, Medea -- 7. Immortals and Mortals: Alcestis, Iphigeneia Among the Taurians, Electra, Rhesus, Ion, Hippolytus, Bacchae -- 8. Sanity, Madness and Responsibility: Orestes, Heracles, Bacchae, Electra --- III. Theatre Theatrical. 9. Playing the Game: Illusion and Reality: Hecuba, Suppliants, Ion, Rhesus, Helen, Bacchae -- 10. Great Roles: Medea, Alcestis, Heracles, Hippolytus, Iphigeneia at Aulis, Hecuba, Electra, Helen, Bacchae -- 11. Heirs to the Legacy: Shaw, Strindberg, Brecht, Pirandello, Anouilh, Sondheim, Frisch --- Appendix: A plot summary of all nineteen surviving plays.

Euripides Our Contemporary is a major new study of the work of the great classical tragedian that illuminates his work and demonstrates both its vitality and how it continues to speak to us today. Taking a thematic approach to Euripides' plays it provides the reader with a wide-ranging and thorough appreciation of the writer's entire canon. For students, teachers and practitioners this is the best single-volume treatment of the writer's work, considering the plays for their accessibility and for their focus on issues and concerns which are as significant as ever in the modern world.

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