Greek Tragedy in a Global Crisis: Reading Through Pandemic Times

by Mario Telò

Book Overview

What does it mean to read Greek tragedy in a pandemic, a global crisis? How can Greek tragedy address urgent contemporary troubles? One of the outstanding and most widely read theorists in the discipline, Mario Tel?, brings together a deep understanding of Greek tragedy and its most famous icons with contemporary times. In close readings of plays such as Alcestis, Antigone, Bacchae, Hecuba, Oedipus the King, Prometheus Bound, and Trojan Women,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350348120
• ISBN13: 9781350348127
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"