Alcestis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544287454)

I will not dwell on other criticisms of this type. There are those who have taken the play for a criticism of contemporary politics or the current law of inheritance. Above all there is the late Dr. Verrall's famous essay in Euripides the Rationalist, explaining it as a psychological criticism of a supposed Delphic miracle, and arguing that Alcestis in the play does not rise from the dead at all. She had never really died; she only had a sort of nervous catalepsy induced by all the "suggestion" of death by which she was surrounded. Now Dr. Verrall's work, as always, stands apart. Even if wrong, it has its own excellence, its special insight and its extraordinary awakening power.

Author: Gilbert Murray, Euripides
ISBN-10: 1544287453
ISBN-13: 9781544287454
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/25/2017
Pages: 78
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.16d