An Oresteia / translated by Anne Carson.

Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Faber and Faber, 2009.
Descriptionxi, 255 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorCarson, Anne, 1950-
Included WorkAeschylus. Agamemnon. English.
Included WorkSophocles. Electra. English.
Included WorkEuripides. Orestes. English.
Contents Agamemnon / Aiskhylos -- Elektra / Sophokles -- Orestes / Euripides.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Genre/formGreek drama (Tragedy) Translations into English.
LCCN 2009001420
ISBN9780865479029 (alk. paper)
ISBN086547902X (alk. paper)