{"product_id":"alcestis-euripedes-9780374527266","title":"Alcestis: A Play","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the years before his death at age sixty-eight in 1998, Hughes translated several classical works with great energy and ingenuity. His\u003ci\u003e Tales from Ovid \u003c\/i\u003ewas called one of the great works of our century (Michael Hofmann, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, London), his \u003ci\u003eOresteia of Aeschylus\u003c\/i\u003e is considered the difinitive version, and his \u003ci\u003ePh dre\u003c\/i\u003ewas acclaimed on stage in New York as well as London. Hughes's version of Euripides's \u003ci\u003eAlcestis\u003c\/i\u003e, the last of his translations, has the great brio of those works, and it is a powerful and moving conclusion to the great final phase of Hughes's career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEuripides was, with Aeschylus and Sophocles, one of the greatest of Greek dramatists. Alcestis tells the story of a king's grief for his wife, Alcestis, who has given her young life so that he may live. As translated by Hughes, the story has a distinctly modern sensibility while retaining the spirit of antiquity. It is a profound meditation on human mortality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTed Hughes's last book of poems, \u003ci\u003eBirthday Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Prize. He was Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II and lived in Devon, England until he died in 1998.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Euripedes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374527261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374527266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 6.06w x 0.30d","brand":"Euripedes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980908003583,"sku":"9780374527266","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d50215c-e20f-4cf8-84f0-34120ab64710.jpg?v=1683252589","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alcestis-euripedes-9780374527266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}