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Medea: Hippolytus, The Bacchae.
by Euripides
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Bookplate to pastedown, endpaper edges faded, otherwise fine, no dustjacket as issued.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk.: Easton Press. , 1980.. Hardcover, full brown leather, raised bands, gilt decorations, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker. . Bookplate to pastedown, endpaper edges faded, otherwise fine, no dustjacket as issued. . 4to.. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 288193
- Title
- Medea: Hippolytus, The Bacchae.
- Author
- Euripides
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, full brown leather, raised bands, gilt decorations, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker.
- Book Condition
- Used - Bookplate to pastedown, endpaper edges faded, otherwise fine, no dustjacket as issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press.
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk.
- Date Published
- 1980.
- Pages
- xx, 184 pp.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Plays;
- Size
- 4to.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Zephyr Books
Biblio member since 2018
Reno, Nevada
About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
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