Misery and Forgiveness in Euripides: Meaning and Structure in the 'Hippolytus' b

Description: Misery and Forgiveness in Euripides by Boris Nikolsky, Mikhail Nikolsky Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Nikolsky questions the current gender and psychoanalytical approaches to Hippolytus and challenges the widespread interpretations of the play as being concerned with the irresistible force of love and the inevitability of punishment for those who underestimate its power. Publisher Description The tragedies of Euripides are among the most admired works of Greek literature. They are valued especially in our own day for their sceptical attitude to authority and divinity, for their psychological complexity and for their sympathetic but unsentimental portrayal of assertive women. In this striking new monograph, Boris Nikolsky reinterprets a Euripidean tragedy which combines these qualities to the highest degree, the Hippolytus. Nikolsky questions the current gender and psychoanalytical approaches to Hippolytus and challenges the widespread interpretations of the play as being concerned with the irresistible force of love and the inevitability of punishment for those who underestimate its power. He reads the play in terms of its own culture and argues that Euripides primary interest lies rather in the sphere of morality. Arguing from the dramatic structure of Hippolytus, its imagery and the problems of its production, the author proposes a new interpretation of the plays main theme: humans turn out to be not culprits but victims of fate, their will always tends towards virtue, but their natural weakness and the ambivalence of virtue itself lead them to wrong actions.In consequence, it is exoneration and forgiveness that are shown to be the highest and only pure moral values. Author Biography Boris Nikolsky is a graduate of Moscow State University and of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Since 1995 he has been teaching Classics at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow, and since 2013 is Principal Research Fellow at the School of Humanities of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. He has been Junior Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington (2002-3), Diderot Fellow at the University of Grenoble (2007), and Fulbright Fellow at Brown University (2010). He has also published a commentary on Ciceros De finibus (2000, in Russian). Details ISBN 1910589039 ISBN-13 9781910589038 Title Misery and Forgiveness in Euripides Author Boris Nikolsky, Mikhail Nikolsky Format Hardcover Year 2015 Pages 280 Publisher Classical Press of Wales GE_Item_ID:136597822; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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