An Oresteia
By: translated by Anne Carson.
Contributors: Carson, Anne, 1950-; Aeschylus.; Sophocles.; Euripides.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Faber and Faber, Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780865479029
Subjects: Greek drama (Tragedy) -- Translations into English; Agamemnon (Greek mythology) -- Drama; Electra (Greek mythology) -- Drama; Orestes (Greek mythology) -- Drama
Genres: Translations into English.; Drama.
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.
Table of contents: title: Agamemnon / Aischylos; title: Electra / Sophocles; title: Orestes / Euripides.