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Female acts in Greek tragedy /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foley, Helene P., 1942-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2001]
Series:Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered).
Subjects:
Greek drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Greece.
Women in literature.
Tragédie grecque > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Grèce.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The politics of tragic lamentation
  • The contradictions of tragic marriage
  • Women as moral agents in Greek tragedy
  • Virgins, wives, and mothers; Penelope as paradigm
  • Sacrificial virgins: Antigone as moral agent
  • Tragic wives: Clytemnestras
  • Tragic wives: Medea's divided self
  • Tragic mothers: maternal persuasion in Euripides
  • Anodos dramas: Euripides' Alcestis and Helen.