{"product_id":"euripides-niall-w-slater-9781780934730","title":"Euripides: Alcestis","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis open access edition explores the reception and afterlife of the \u003ci\u003eAlcestis\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as its main themes, the myth before the play, the play's historical and social context and the central developments in modern criticism. In the \u003ci\u003eAlcestis, \u003c\/i\u003e the title character sacrifices her own life to save that of her husband, Admetus, when he is presented with the opportunity to have someone die in his place. Alcestis compresses within itself both tragedy and its apparent reversal, staging in the process fascinating questions about gender roles, family loyalties, the nature of heroism, and the role of commemoration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlcestis\u003c\/i\u003e is Euripides's earliest complete work and his only surviving play from the period preceding the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. Currently dominant post-structuralist models of Greek tragedy focus on its 'oppositional' role in the discourse of war and public values. This study challenges not only this politicised model of tragic discourse but also both traditional masculinist and more recent feminist readings of the discourse and performance of gender in this remarkable play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe play survived in the performance repertoire of antiquity into the Roman period. Euripides' version strongly influenced the reception of the myth through the middles ages into the Renaissance, and the story enjoyed a lively afterlife through opera. \u003ci\u003eAlcestis\u003c\/i\u003e' contested reception in the last two centuries charts our changing understanding of tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Emory University.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Niall W. Slater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780934734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780934730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\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 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Niall W. Slater","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459617894655,"sku":"9781780934730","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_385e74b1-d5b1-479f-a153-8ae88845b354.jpg?v=1777410823","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/euripides-niall-w-slater-9781780934730","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}