Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. This volume collects Euripides' Andromache (translated by Susan Stewart and Wesley D. Smith), a play that challenges the concept of tragic character and transforms expectations of tragic structure; Hecuba (Janet Lembke and Kenneth J. Reckford), a powerful story of the unjustifiable sacrifice of Hecuba's daughter and the consequent destruction of Hecuba's character; Trojan Women (Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro), a particularly intense account of human suffering and uncertainty; and Rhesos (Richard Emil Braun), the story of a futile quest for knowledge. This volume retains the informative introductions and explanatory notes of the original editions and adds a single combined glossary and Greek line numbers.
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Andromache (Susan Stewart, Princeton University; Wesley D. Smith, University of Pennsylvania) ; Hecuba (Janet Lembke, poet and translator; Kenneth J. Reckford, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) ; Trojan Women (Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro) ; Rhesos (Richard Emil Braun, University of Alberta in Edmonton)
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the poets in these volumes communicate a freshness and vitality ... The vivid and responsive re-creations are a clear first-choice recommendation for the general reader
Selling point: First time these translations have been collected Selling point: Combines a poet's translation with a scholar's introduction and notes Selling point: This collection offers far more resources for first-time readers
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Peter Burian is Professor of Classical and Comparative Literatures and Theater Studies, Duke University. Alan Shapiro is Professor of English and Creative Writing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A winner of the prestigious Lila Wallace Reader's Digest award 1992-95, he is the author of several poetry collections, including Tantalus in Love, Song and Dance, and The Dead Live Busy.
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Selling point: First time these translations have been collected Selling point: Combines a poet's translation with a scholar's introduction and notes Selling point: This collection offers far more resources for first-time readers
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780195388671
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
473 gr
Høyde
203 mm
Bredde
135 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
400

Biographical note

Peter Burian is Professor of Classical and Comparative Literatures and Theater Studies at Duke University. Alan Shapiro is Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A winner of the prestigious Lila Wallace Reader's Digest award 1992-95, he is the author of several poetry collections, including Tantalus in Love, Song and Dance, and The Dead Alive Busy.