Medea (eBook)

A New Translation

Euripides (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
112 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-97375-6 (ISBN)

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Renowned poet and acclaimed translator Charles Martin faithfully captures Euripides's dramatic tone and style in this searing tale of revenge and sacrifice.The Medea of Euripides is one of the greatest of all Greek tragedies and arguably the one with the most significance today. A barbarian woman brought to Corinth and there abandoned by her Greek husband, Medea seeks vengeance on Jason and is willing to strike out against his new wife and familyeven slaughtering the sons she has born him. At its center is Medea herself, a character who refuses definition: Is she a hero, a witch, a psychopath, a goddess? All that can be said for certain is that she is a woman who has loved, has suffered, and will stop at nothing for vengeance. In this stunning translation, poet Charles Martin captures the rhythms of Euripides' original text through contemporary rhyme and meter that speak directly to modern readers. An introduction by classicist and poet A.E. Stallings examines the complex and multifaceted Medea in patriarchal ancient Greece. Perfect in and out of the classroom as well as for theatrical performance, this faithful translation succeeds like no other.

Inhalt

Introduction
A Note on This Translation
Dramatis Personae

Medea

Notes
Acknowledgments

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.11.2019
• Reihe/Serie: World Literature in Translation
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: abandoned by greek husband • acclaimed translator • against new wife and family • Ancient Greek Tragedy • barbarian woman brought to corinth • contemporary rhyme and meter • escapes to athens • Euripides • former princess • for theatrical performances • myth of jason and medea • new translation • patriarchal ancient greece • Poet • seeks vengeance on jason • slaughtering sons she bore • use in classrooms • World literature
• ISBN-10: 0-520-97375-5 / 0520973755
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-97375-6 / 9780520973756