Author: EURIPIDES ; RITSOS, YANNIS; MACEWEN, GWENDOLYN ; TSINGOS, NIKOS, (TRANSLATORS)
Title: The Trojan Women [With] Helen and Orestes By Yiannis Ritsos
Description: Toronto, Exile Editions. 1994, 1st.Canadian Edition. (ISBN: 0920428266) Original Wraps. Book, With a stunning command of the Greek language and a mastery of poetic nuance, this translation of Euripides' play breathes unparalleled life into an ancient masterpiece. Using vocabulary that gives the sense that the play was written with an appreciation of and application to the 20th and 21st centuries, this adaptation goes beyond the timeless plot of the consequences of war and the fate of both the victors and the losers and focuses on the modern-day issues of feminism and women's rights. Also included in this volume are two long poems--"Helen" and "Orestes"--by contemporary Greek poet Yannis Ritsos, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize. (Neat tight coy but marred with some underlinings & comments in margins). Fine.

Keywords: 0920428266 Macewen Gwendolyn Nick Tsingtos Ritsos Helen Orestes Trojan War Trojan War - Fiction Euripides


See more books from our catalog: Greek Drama - Ancient