Sophocles' Electra

by Hanna M Roisman

Book Overview

Sophocles' Electra is a riveting play with a long and varied reception. Its nuanced treatment of matricidal revenge with all the questions it raises; its compelling depictions of the idealistic, long -grieving, rebellious Electra; her compliant sister; her brother; and her mother; and its superb poetry have all contributed to making this one of Sophocles' most admired plays, as have the moral issues it raises and its political reverberations. In recent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019046139X
• ISBN13: 9780190461393
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.1"