| Description |
vii, 320 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction : "Summon the Presbyterians" -- Finding principles, finding a theory -- Historical perspectives : Lumley to Lennox -- Aeschylus and the Agamemnon : gilding the lily -- Translating the mask : the non-verbal language -- Sophocles' Oedipus tyrannus : words and concepts -- Text and subtext : from bad to verse -- Euripides' Medea and Alcestis : from sex to sentiment -- The comic tradition -- Modernising comedy -- When is a translation not a translation? |
| Subject |
Greek drama -- Translations into English -- History and criticism.
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Greek drama. |
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Greek drama -- Stage history.
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| ISBN |
0521861101 |
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9780521861106 |
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