W B Stanford: 2 books
Greek Tragedy and the Emotions (Routledge Revivals)
An Introductory Study
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
According to Aristotle the main purpose of tragedy is the manipulation of emotions, and yet there are relatively few accessible studies of the precise dynamics of emotion in the Athenian theatre.
In Greek Tragedy and the Emotions, first published in 1993,W.B. Stanford reviews the evidence for...
The Oresteia
Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 1984
One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time.
The three plays of the Oresteia portray the bloody events that follow the victorious return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War,...