The play of words : blood ties and power relations in Aeschylus' Oresteia / Giulia Maria Chesi.

Author
Chesi, Giulia Maria [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Berlin : De Gruyter, [2014]
  • ©2014
Description
1 online resource (xii, 217 pages)

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Series
  • Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes [More in this series]
  • Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ; v. 26
Summary note
This book examines the dynamics of interfamilial violence in the Oresteia. It argues that the key element of the play's discourse about violence is to be found in the inquiry for a definition of Clytemnestra's motherhood. By reading the play's narrative on interfamilial violence and matricide as a narrative of uncertainties in terms of the role of the mother figure, this book illustrates the complexity of the maternal role of Clytemnestra.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Agamemnon
  • Choephoroi
  • Eumenides
  • General conclusions
  • Bibliographic References
  • Index of Names and Subjects
  • Index Locorum.
ISBN
  • 9783110334340 ((electronic bk.))
  • 3110334348 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9783110334333 ((electronic bk.))
  • 311033433X ((electronic bk.))
  • 3110390213
  • 9783110390216
OCLC
890070950
Doi
  • 10.1515/9783110334333
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