
Irish Appropriation of Greek Tragedy
by Brian Arkins
Title:
Irish Appropriation of Greek Tragedy
Author:
Brian Arkins
Series (if any):
Carysfort Press Ltd.
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
166 pages
Publisher:
Peter Lang Group AG
ISBN-13:
9781788748704
EAN:
9781788748704
Classifications:
Plays, playscripts
Weight (g):
394
Dimensions (mm):
151 x 228 x 14
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
This book presents an analysis of more than 30 plays written by Irish dramatists and poets that are based on the tragedies of Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. These plays proceed from the time of Yeats and Synge through MacNeice and the Longfords on to many of today's leading writers.











