UID:
almahu_9949463825102882
Format:
1 online resource (217 p.)
ISBN:
9783110334333
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9783110238570
Series Statement:
Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes , 26
Content:
"The play of words" 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. The failure of this research challenges the reader with some open questions: who is Clytemnestra? Where is justice if a mother dies? 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. It also breaks silence among scholars, who have generally portrayed Clytemnestra as the bad mother who kills the children's father and as the bad wife who betrays her husband.
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contents --
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Abbreviations --
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Introduction --
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Agamemnon --
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Choephoroi --
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Eumenides --
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General conclusions --
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Bibliographic References --
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Index of Names and Subjects --
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Index Locorum
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Classics and Near East Studies 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110636178
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110369618
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Complete Package 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110369526
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110390216
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110334319
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9783110334333
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110334333
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110334333
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110334333
