Persians, Seven against Thebes, and Suppliants
«Classicists should enjoy the book, for... it did help this reader get closer than before to these perhaps underrated plays. The book has a good introduction and notes. -- Allistair ELliot Translation and Literature»
Aaron Poochigian's new translations of Aeschylus's earliest extant plays provide the clearest rendering yet of their formal structure. The distinction between spoken and sung rhythms is as sharp as it is in the source texts, and for the first time readers in English can fully grasp the balanced, harmonious arrangement of choral odes. Les mer
Instead of rendering them with little or no form, Poochigian has preserved the comprehensive structures Aeschylus himself employed. Readers are thus able to recognize Aeschylus as a master of poetry as well as of drama. Poochigian's translations are the most accurate renditions of the poetry and dramaturgy of the original works available. Intended to be both read as literature and performed as plays, these translations are lucid and readable, while remaining staunchly faithful to the texts.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781421400631
- Utgivelsesår
- 2011
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«Classicists should enjoy the book, for... it did help this reader get closer than before to these perhaps underrated plays. The book has a good introduction and notes. -- Allistair ELliot Translation and Literature»