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Medea; Hippolytus; The Bacchae
by Euripides
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press [1980], 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo. [4], i-xx, [2], 3-184 pp. Bound in navy grey leather with gilt decorations on the boards and the spine; all edges gilt. Burnt orange decorative silk pastedowns and endpapers. Illustrated with a frontispiece and several color paintings by Michael Ayrton. Translated by Philip Vellacott.
Synopsis
A bold new translation of this shockingly modern classic work by Forward Prize-winning poet, Robin Robertson.Medea has been abandoned by her husband. Jason, for whom she has sacrificed so much, has left her and their two children for a younger woman. His new bride is the daughter of the most powerful man in Corinth and Medea and the boys are to be forced to leave the state and become refugees. But Medea is not a woman to accept such disrespect passively. Strong-willed and fiercely intelligent, she turns her formidable energies to working out the greatest, and most horrifying, revenge possible on those who have injured her. Euripides' devastating tragedy is shockingly modern in the sharp psychological exploration of the characters and the gripping interactions between them. Award-winning poet, Robin Robertson, has captured both the pace and vitality of the drama and the power and beauty of the poetry and has reinvigorated this masterpiece for the twenty-first century.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00007633
- Title
- Medea; Hippolytus; The Bacchae
- Author
- Euripides
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Easton Press [1980]
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1980
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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- Reprint
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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