Euripides : comprehensive research and study guide /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bloom, Harold
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, [2003]
Series:Bloom's major dramatists.
Subjects:
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Biography of Euripides
  • Plot summary of Alcestis
  • List of characters in Alcestis
  • Critical views on Alcestis : Gilbert Murray on the Play as pro-satyr ; Anne Pippin Burnett on the Virtues of Admetus ; Philip Vellacott on the Play as critique of ancient marriage customs ; Justina Gregory on the Distinction between necessity and free will ; Nicole Loraux on the Ambiguous nature of feminine glory in tragedy ; Robert C. Ketterer on the Statue motif
  • Plot summary of The Bacchae
  • List of characters in The Bacchae
  • Critical views on The Bacchae : Gilbert Murray on Euripides' originality ; William Sale psychoanalyzes Pentheus ; William C. Scott on the Symbolic significance of light and darkness in the play ; Charles Segal on the Play's enactment of the paradoxical nature of tragedy ; John E.G. Whitehorne on the Spectacle of Pentheus' remains ; Mary R. Lefkowitz on Euripides' traditionalism in portraying the power of the gods ; Valdis Leinieks on Pentheus' erroneous perception ; Daniel Mark Epstein on Religious ecstasies in ancient and modern times.
  • Cont'd: Plot summary of Medea
  • List of characters in Medea
  • Critical views on Medea : Gilbert Murray of Euripides' realism ; Philip Vellacott on Medea as champion of oppressed women ; Bernard Knox on Medea's superhuman qualities ; Helene P. Foley on Medea's passion and reason ; Bernd Seidensticker on Medea's masculine role ; Eleanor Wilner on the Play's cynicism ; Edith Hall on the Play's reception
  • Plot summary of Iphigeneia at Aulis
  • List of characters in Iphigeneia at Aulis
  • Critical views on Iphigeneia at Aulis : Gilbert Murray on the Play as turning point in the history of Greek drama ; John Ferguson on the Iphigeneia's heroism ; Philip Vellacott on the Play as a comment on war ; Helene P. Foley on the Intertwining significance of marriage and sacrifice ; Dale Chant on Role inversions in the play ; Edith Hall on Decision-making in the play.