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Euripides and Alcestis: Speculations, Simulations, and Stories of Love in the Athenian Culture
Kiki Gounaridou
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Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
Euripides and Alcestis demonstrates the inherent presence of indeterminacy in Euripides' play, Alcestis. The author uses about eighty of the scholarly attempts to establish a determinate meaning of the play to exhibit the difficulty and lack of success in previous attempts at interpretation. She recognizes that the meaning of the play is surrounded by ambiguity and indeterminacy and provides an interpretation based on this knowledge. As an interpretation, the author focuses on Admetus' desire in relation to Alcestis' statue and his nature as a fifth century Athenian man while exposing Alcestis as a nonidentity. She also analyzes the issues ... Read more
Euripides and Alcestis demonstrates the inherent presence of indeterminacy in Euripides' play, Alcestis. The author uses about eighty of the scholarly attempts to establish a determinate meaning of the play to exhibit the difficulty and lack of success in previous attempts at interpretation. She recognizes that the meaning of the play is surrounded by ambiguity and indeterminacy and provides an interpretation based on this knowledge. As an interpretation, the author focuses on Admetus' desire in relation to Alcestis' statue and his nature as a fifth century Athenian man while exposing Alcestis as a nonidentity. She also analyzes the issues ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of America
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761812302
SKU
V9780761812302
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About Kiki Gounaridou
Kiki Gounaridou is Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
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