The Gorgon's severed head

The Gorgon's severed head: studies in Alcestis, Electra, and Phoenissae

by Luschnig, C. A. E.

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The Gorgon's Severed Head looks at three plays of Euripides, one early, one middle and one late in his career. Innovations in genre, in the use of the traditional stories, in the representation of women and of gender issues are present at every period. In all three plays characters are depicted creating themselves and each other. Chapter One on Alcestis looks at the artistry of the two main characters and is especially concerned with finding a role for Admetus, the play's most serious problem. …

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  • Full title :The Gorgon's severed head : studies in Alcestis, Electra, and Phoenissae / by C.A.E. Luschnig.

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The Gorgon's Severed Head looks at three plays of Euripides, one early, one middle and one late in his career. Innovations in genre, in the use of the traditional stories, in the representation of women and of gender issues are present at every period. In all three plays characters are depicted creating themselves and each other. Chapter One on Alcestis looks at the artistry of the two main characters and is especially concerned with finding a role for Admetus, the play's most serious problem. The second chapter treats the physical displacement of the myth in Euripides' version of the Electra-Orestes story. A last section approaches the layers of time and space in Phoenissae.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1995.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):E.J. Brill
  • Place of Publication:Leiden
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1995.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xv, 255 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9789004329799, 900432979X
  • DOI:10.1163/9789004329799.
  • oclc:ocn604656799
  • LC Classification:PA3978
  • Dewey Decimal:882/.01

Subjects

Alcestis (Euripides) Alcestis (Greek mythology) in literature Alcestis,, Queen, consort of Admetus, K… Criticism, interpretation, etc Electra (Euripides) Electra, (Greek mythological figure) Euripides Femmes et littérature -- Grèce Greece Literature Phoenician women (Euripides) Phoenissae (Euripides) Sept contre Thèbes (Mythologie grecque)… Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) … Tragédie tragedies Tragedy Women and literature Women and literature -- Greece

Writers

Luschnig, C. A. E.

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