{"product_id":"aeschylus-ian-ruffell-9780715634769","title":"Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrometheus Bound\u003c\/i\u003e is a play beloved of revolutionaries, romantics and rebels, with a fierce optimism tempered by an acute awareness of the compromises, dangers and obsessions of political action. \u003cbr\u003eThis companion sets the play in its historical context, explores its challenge to authority, and traces its reception from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Many scholars have disputed its Aeschylean authorship, but it has proved the most influential of tragedies outside academia. \u003cbr\u003eMarx's favourite tragedy, \u003ci\u003ePrometheus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBound\u003c\/i\u003e is also a foundational text for the genre of science fiction through its influence on Mary Shelley's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e. In its open-eyed celebration of technology and democracy, it is the tragedy for the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Ruffell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0715634763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780715634769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bristol Classical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Ian Ruffell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925734064383,"sku":"9780715634769","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_345c5d99-ce7a-4b1f-847a-cb4aa9efc36d.jpg?v=1681079034","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aeschylus-ian-ruffell-9780715634769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}