ALCESTIS is the story of a king, Admetus, who is able to escape death
because his wife, Alcestis, has volunteered to die in his place. Ted
Hughes's version goes beyond translation to an inspired rethinking of
the story in terms of his own vision of human suffering.
Although he started working on this piece in 1993, he did not finish
until a few months before his death in 1998. It is the culmination of
an extraordinarily productive period of work, which saw the
publication of TALES FROM OVID (1997), BIRTHDAY LETTERS (1998) and THE
ORESTEIA (1999).
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ISBN
9780571263042
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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