{"product_id":"euripides-1-medea-hecuba-andromache-the-bacchae-paperback-softback-9780812216264","title":"Euripides, 1; Medea, Hecuba, Andromache, the Bacchae (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812216264","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEuripides, 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMedea, Hecuba, Andromache, the Bacchae\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid R. Slavitt (Edited by), Palmer Bovie (Edited by), Eleanor Wilner (Contributions by), Ines Azar (Assisted by), Marilyn Nelson (Contributions by), Donald Junkins (Contributions by), Daniel Mark Epstein (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812216264\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Here Euripides stands, in vigorous English versions that fully do him justice. The most modern of the Greek tragedians has found a compelling modern form.\"-Robert Fagles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A boon for classicists and general readers alike. For the reader who comes to tragedy for the first time, these translations are eminently 'accessible.' . . . For the classicist, these versions constitute an ambitious reinterpretation of traditional masterpieces.\"-\u003ci\u003eBoston Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[Marilyn] Nelson, like her colleagues, avoids anything jarringly contemporary or self-consciously colloquial. Directness, vivid imagery, and rhetorical music prevail in different cadences.\"-\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A superb translation of 'Medea' by Eleanor Wilner . . . an 'Andromache' that, in [Donald] Junkins's translation, manages to be both lovely and dignified; a 'Bacchae' by Daniel Mark Epstein that . . . is intelligent, eminently playable, and prefaced by a straightforward and useful introduction.\"-\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Don't look for the wild and woolly-these were put together by wordsmiths. . . . But they are a far cry from some of the stodgier translations.\"-\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The 12-volume set will offer readers new verse translations of the complete surviving tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, as well as the surviving comedies of Aristophanes and Menander. The complete line of Greek theater classics has not been offered to readers since 1938.\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume includes translations by Eleanor Wilner with InÉs Azar (Medea), Marilyn Nelson (\u003ci\u003eHecuba\u003c\/i\u003e), Donald Junkins (\u003ci\u003eAndromache\u003c\/i\u003e), and Daniel Mark Epstein (\u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Palmer Bovie\u003cbr\u003e Medea\u003cbr\u003e -Translated by Eleanor Wilner and Ines Azar\u003cbr\u003e Hecuba\u003cbr\u003e -Translated by Marilyn Nelson\u003cbr\u003e Andromache\u003cbr\u003e -Translated by Donald Junkins\u003cbr\u003e The Bacchae\u003cbr\u003e -Translated by Daniel Mark Epstein\u003cbr\u003e Pronouncing Glossary of Names\u003cbr\u003e About the Translators\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555678318872,"sku":"9780812216264","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/euripides-1-medea-hecuba-andromache-the-bacchae-paperback-softback-9780812216264","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}