Ten Plays by Euripides

作者: Euripides （欧里庇得斯）著 , John McLean 译

出版社: Random House

出版时间: 1990-08

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780553213638

定价: 33.90

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 432页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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Thefirstplaywrightofdemocracy,EuripideswrotewithenduringinsightandbitingsatireaboutsocialandpoliticalproblemsofAthenianlife.Incontrasttohiscontemporaries,hebroughtanexciting--and,totheGreeks,astunning--realismtothe"pureandnobleform"oftragedy.Forthefirsttimeinhistory,heroesandheroinesonthestagewerenotidealized:asSophocleshimselfsaid,Euripidesshowspeoplenotastheyoughttobe,butastheyactuallyare. LittleisknownofthelifeofEuripides.Hewasbornabout485B.C.ontheislandofSalamisandmayhavebegunacareerasapainterbeforewritinginthedramacompetitionsin455B.C.Duringhislifetimehisplayswereoftenproduced,buthewontheAtheniandramaprizeonlyfourtimes.Hediedin406B.C.

Euripideswasaprolificwriter,theauthorofsomeeighty-eightormoreplays,ofwhichnineteenhavesurvivedunderhisname.Hewascriticizedbytheconservativesofhistimeforintroducingshabbyheroesandimmoralwomenintohisplays,apracticethattheyconsidereddegradingtothenobleformoftragedy.However,audiencestowhomhispredecessorswerecoldandremotefoundEuripidesdirectandappealing.

Euripidesbecameimmenselypopularafterhediedandhisinfluencealtereddramaforever.ConsideredbyGeorgeBernardShawtobethegreatestoftheGreekdramatists,Euripidesisnowregardedbymanyastheoriginatorofthedramaticsensibilitythatdevelopedintowhatwecall"modern"Europeandrama. Introduction by Moses Hadas

ALCESTIS

MEDEA

HIPPOLYTUS

ANDROMACHE

ION

THE TROJAN WOMEN

ELECTRA

IPHIGENIA AMONG THE TAURIANS

THE BACCHANTS

IPHIGENIA AT AULIS

Glossary of Proper Names
内容简介:
Thefirstplaywrightofdemocracy,EuripideswrotewithenduringinsightandbitingsatireaboutsocialandpoliticalproblemsofAthenianlife.Incontrasttohiscontemporaries,hebroughtanexciting--and,totheGreeks,astunning--realismtothe"pureandnobleform"oftragedy.Forthefirsttimeinhistory,heroesandheroinesonthestagewerenotidealized:asSophocleshimselfsaid,Euripidesshowspeoplenotastheyoughttobe,butastheyactuallyare.
作者简介:
LittleisknownofthelifeofEuripides.Hewasbornabout485B.C.ontheislandofSalamisandmayhavebegunacareerasapainterbeforewritinginthedramacompetitionsin455B.C.Duringhislifetimehisplayswereoftenproduced,buthewontheAtheniandramaprizeonlyfourtimes.Hediedin406B.C.

Euripideswasaprolificwriter,theauthorofsomeeighty-eightormoreplays,ofwhichnineteenhavesurvivedunderhisname.Hewascriticizedbytheconservativesofhistimeforintroducingshabbyheroesandimmoralwomenintohisplays,apracticethattheyconsidereddegradingtothenobleformoftragedy.However,audiencestowhomhispredecessorswerecoldandremotefoundEuripidesdirectandappealing.

Euripidesbecameimmenselypopularafterhediedandhisinfluencealtereddramaforever.ConsideredbyGeorgeBernardShawtobethegreatestoftheGreekdramatists,Euripidesisnowregardedbymanyastheoriginatorofthedramaticsensibilitythatdevelopedintowhatwecall"modern"Europeandrama.
目录:
Introduction by Moses Hadas

ALCESTIS

MEDEA

HIPPOLYTUS

ANDROMACHE

ION

THE TROJAN WOMEN

ELECTRA

IPHIGENIA AMONG THE TAURIANS

THE BACCHANTS

IPHIGENIA AT AULIS

Glossary of Proper Names

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