The Trojan Women (Paperback)

The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series is based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves, or who work in collaboration with poets, can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of the great Greek writers. These new translations are more than faithful to the original text, going beyond the literal meaning in order to evoke the poetic intensity and rich metaphorical texture of the Greek language. The Trojan Women describes with unparalleled intensity the horrific brutality that both women and children undergo at the end of the Trojan War, but in the end it is a play that insists on the victory of spirit amid the horrors created by gods and men. Poet and English professor Alan Shapiro, together with noted Greek scholar, translator, and Classics professor Peter Burian, bring into their own words the Aeschylean vision of a world fraught with spiritual and political tensions, disordered by an irrational war.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Greek Tragedy in New Translations
Release date:	2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Euripides
Translators:	Alan Shapiro (Professor of English and Creative Writing)
Editors:	Peter Burian (Professor of Classical and Comparative Literature)
Dimensions:	220 x 136 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-517910-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
LSN:	0-19-517910-2
Barcode:	9780195179101

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