This book, first full-length study of this often undervalued play, argues for a new appreciation of the power of its rhetoric, the subtlety of its characterization, and the beauty of its choral odes. Mossman also traces the powerful influence of Hecuba in the Renaissance, and compares the play with English revenge tragedies of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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This book, first full-length study of this often undervalued play, argues for a new appreciation of the power of its rhetoric, the subtlety of its characterization, and the beauty of its choral odes. Mossman also traces the powerful influence of Hecuba in the Renaissance, and compares the play with English revenge tragedies of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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Add this copy of Wild Justice: a Study in Euripides' Hecuba to cart. $45.50, very good condition, Sold by Libris Hardback Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Penn Laird, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Clarendon Press.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Black hardcover with bright gilt lettering and trim on spine, spine ends lightly bumped. Dust jacket shows light scuffing and creasing. Binding tight, pages very clean, previous ownership indication on inside front cover is the only marking. 283 pages. Packaged carefully for shipment in cardboard with U. S. tracking. Oversized or heavy books may require extra postage for priority or international shipment.
Add this copy of Wild Justice a Study of Euripides' Hecuba to cart. $78.00, very good condition, Sold by Ancient World Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 1995 by Oxford At the Clarendon Press.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0198147899. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Minor Shelfwear. Review of book by Marsh McCall tipped in (signed by Mccall to Philippa Goold).; Oxford Classical Monographs; 283 pages; Euripides' Hecuba is is dominated by the vengence which Hecuba takes on the faithless Polymestor, and explores in a complex and profound manner the potential of revenge as a subject for tragedy. The sacrifice of Polyxena is in counterpoint to the revenge action; the whole is set in the chaotic aftermath of the fall of Troy. The combination of plots creates one of Eruipides' most effective dramas, full of pathos, suspense, and excitement. This, the first book-length study of the play in English, argues that it has been greatly undervalued by critics who have failed to appreciate the power of its rhetoric, the subtlety of its characterization, and the beauty of its choral odes. The book also examines and seeks to explain the powerful influence of Hecuba in the Renaissance, and compares the play with English revenge tragedy of the 16th and 17th century.
Add this copy of Wild Justice: a Study in Euripides' Hecuba (Oxford to cart. $88.99, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Oxford University Press.
