Description: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus by Euripides, Diane Arnson Svarlien, Robin Mitchell-Boyask This new volume of three of Euripides most celebrated plays offers graceful, economical, metrical translations that convey the wide range of effects of the playwrights verse, from the idiomatic speech of its dialogue to the high formality of its choral odes. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This new volume of three of Euripides most celebrated plays offers graceful, economical, metrical translations that convey the wide range of effects of the playwrights verse, from the idiomatic speech of its dialogue to the high formality of its choral odes. Author Biography Diane Arnson Svarlien earned her PhD in Classics at The University of Texas at Austin and lives in Lexington, Kentucky.Robin Mitchell-Boyask is Professor of Classics, Temple University. Table of Contents Introduction; Translators Preface; Maps; Alcestis; Medea; Hippolytus. Review Diane Arnson Svarliens body of work means a quantum leap forward in the vibrancy and immediacy of classical verse drama. I first learned of her work when I was searching, madly, for a translation of Medea for a production I had been hired to direct. I sought out every published version. I tried to track down any unpublished ones rumored to exist. All the others were wanting; her translation was revelatory. Merely read her translation of the play, then read another. You will sense the difference. This is particularly true if you are a practitioner of theatre. --Patrick Wang, Director of Diane Arnson Svarliens Medea in its world premiere at the Stella Adler Studio, and of the feature film In the Family, nominated for a Best First Feature Independent Spirit Award.The excellent Introduction by Robin Mitchell-Boyask displays an admirable command of up-to-date scholarship and judiciously leaves controversial matters open to ones own interpretation. Arnson Svarliens verse translation has both elegance and power--it reads well, not just to the eye, but (happily for the director and actors) also to the ear. --Ian Storey, Department of Classics, Trent UniversityMitchell-Boyasks Introduction gives the reader a lively and accessible overview of Euripides life, the circumstances of the original performances, and critical debate on the three plays. Footnotes to the translations provide students with useful background without over-burdening the text. The translations themselves are lively, vigorous, colorful, and direct, while remaining very close to the Greek; I laughed out loud more than once when I realized that, yes, this was exactly what Euripides had said. Arnson Svarlien has also taken care with the meter. Iambic trimeter, the spoken meter of Greek, has been represented with iambic pentameter in English; but even in the lyric passages, whose meters do not translate into English, responsion within odes has been preserved. Yet all of this attention to such details of meter and accuracy sacrifices nothing in clarity or pace. Arnson Svarliens translations are an ideal introduction to Euripides for students with no Greek and little knowledge of the ancient world. They remind me of why I love Euripides. --Laurel Bowman, Department of Classics, University of Victoria Long Description This new volume of three of Euripides most celebrated plays offers graceful, economical, metrical translations that convey the wide range of effects of the playwrights verse, from the idiomatic speech of its dialogue to the high formality of its choral odes. Review Quote The excellent Introduction by Robin Mitchell-Boyask displays an admirable command of up-to-date scholarship and judiciously leaves controversial matters open to ones own interpretation. Arnson Svarliens verse translation has both elegance and power--it reads well, not just to the eye, but (happily for the director and actors) also to the ear. --Ian Storey, Department of Classics, Trent University Details ISBN0872208222 Publisher Hackett Publishing Co, Inc ISBN-10 0872208222 ISBN-13 9780872208223 Format Paperback Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Place of Publication Cambridge, MA Country of Publication United States DEWEY 882.01 Author Robin Mitchell-Boyask Pages 248 Translator Diane Arnson Svarlien Year 2007 Publication Date 2007-09-15 Language English Media Book DOI 10.1604/9780872208223 Series Hackett Classics UK Release Date 2007-09-15 NZ Release Date 2007-09-15 US Release Date 2007-09-15 Audience General AU Release Date 2007-09-14 Alternative 9780872208230 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:3632758;
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Book Title: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus
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Author: Euripides
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Language: English
Topic: Plays
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Publication Year: 2007
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Number of Pages: 248 Pages