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The Andromache and Euripidean Tragedy (Oxford Classical Monographs)
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #2565196 in Books
- Published on: 2000-05-25
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 328 pages
Editorial Reviews
The Classical Review
"lucid, composed, and scholarly ... a stimulating study"
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Overall, the book provides a persuasive and powerful critique of Andromache and should be essential reading for scholars and students of Greek tragedy. It also provides food for thought for those interested in other areas such as the rise of rhetoric in Athens and the manipulation of mythology, and thus deserves to reach a wide audience. (Hermathena )
Allan's style is fluent and engaging, and he combines a thorough understanding of classical scholarship with a wide perspective on relevant material from outside the discipline. (Hermathena )
... a thorough analysis of the play from a wide range of perspectives. (Hermathena )
This is a humane and unostentatiously subtle book. (Greece & Rome )
Allan's study will be a vital resource for those who approach the play in the future, and makes significant contributions to our understanding of Euripides' dramatic art. (New England Classical Journal )
Allan's book is unique ... [it] takes the reader on a journey across the contemporary terrain of scholarship concerning the most important and debated aspects of Athenian tragedy ... [A] well-produced, carefully written, jargon free, learned, wide-ranging, and provocative book. (Classical Bulletin )
... lucid, composed, and scholarly ... a stimulating study. (The Classical Review )
Allan constructs a sophisticated, interlocking, and convincing argument. (The Classical Review )
Hermathena
"... a thorough analysis of the play from a wide range of perspectives."
Customer Reviews
The freshest treatment of a criminally understudied text
Dr Allan's perceptive study of Euripides' classic has illuminated a unjustly neglected masterpiece of Greek drama. Dr Allan shows a clear command of tragedy and its broader context which clearly marks him out as the rising star of Classics in the English world. I imagine his seminars must be fascinating as his book brings to life a topic which could have been unintelligible to the uneducated reader. It is a pleasurable read for academic and keen lay person alike. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Buy! Buy!
