An Oresteia

Anne Carson (Translator), Aeschylus, Sophocles

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Author
Anne Carson (Translator), Aeschylus, Sophocles
Publish Date
2010-03-02
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
Faber & Faber
Subtitle
Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides
Number of Pages
255
ISBN-10
086547916X
ISBN-13
9780865479166
citemno
268609
Edition
1
Subject
Poetry
SKU
9780865479166

Description

In this innovative rendition of The Oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson combines three different visions -- Aischylos' Agamemnon, Sophokles' Elektra, and Euripides' Orestes, giving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. Carson's accomplished rendering combines elements of contemporary vernacular with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy, opening up the plays to a modern audience. --from publisher description.