Aeschylus : comprehensive research and study guide /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bloom, Harold
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Broomall, PA : Chelsea House Publishers, [2002]
Series:Bloom's major dramatists.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Biography of Aeschylus
  • Plot summary of the Agamemnon
  • List of characters in the Agamemnon
  • Critical views on the Agamemnon : H.D.F. Kitto on Theater and dance ; Robert F. Goheen on Blood and light ; Froma Zeitlin on Iphigenia and the imagery of sacrifice ; Jacqueline de Romilly on Cassandra and Aeschylean time ; John J. Peradotto on the Eagles and the hare ; P.E. Easterling on Agamemnon's surrender ; Aya Betensky on Clytemnestra's language ; Brooks Otis on Structure and agency ; Timothy Gantz on Agamemnon's innocence
  • Plot summary of the Choephori
  • List or characters in the Choephori
  • Critical views on the Choephori : Anne Lebeck on the Commos ; Brian Vickers on Clytemnestra's retreat ; Stanley Ireland on Stichomythia ; A.F. Garvie on Plot and suspense in the Choephori ; Oliver Taplin on the Scenes of the crimes ; A.L. Brown on Orestes' madness ; Marsh McCall on the Libation-bearers
  • Plot summary of the Eumenides
  • List of characters in the Eumenides
  • Critical views on the Eumenides : Friedrich Solmsen on the Areopagus ; George Thomson on the Play and the city ; Michael Gagarin on Sexual conflict and resolution ; Philip Vellacott on Right, wrong, and the verdict ; D.A. Hester on The vote ; Nancy S. Rabinowitz on the Furies' conversion ; Thomas G. Rosenmeyer on the Gods in Aeschylus ; Simon Goldhill on DikÄ“.