{"product_id":"women-on-the-edge-ruby-blondell-9780415907736","title":"Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides","description":"\u003cem\u003eWomen on the Edge\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of \u003cem\u003eAlcestis, Medea, Helen, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIphegenia at Aulis, \u003c\/em\u003e provides a broad sample of Euripides' plays focusing on women, and spans the chronology of his surviving works, from the earliest, to his last, incomplete, and posthumously produced masterpiece. Each play shows women in various roles--slave, unmarried girl, devoted wife, alienated wife, mother, daughter--providing a range of evidence about the kinds of meaning and effects the category woman conveyed in ancient Athens. The female protagonists in these plays test the boundaries--literal and conceptual--of their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough women are often represented in tragedy as powerful and free in their thoughts, speech and actions, real Athenian women were apparently expected to live unseen and silent, under control of fathers and husbands, with little political or economic power. Women in tragedy often disrupt \"normal\" life by their words and actions: they speak out boldly, tell lies, cause public unrest, violate custom, defy orders, even kill. Female characters in tragedy take actions, and raise issues central to the plays in which they appear, sometimes in strong opposition to male characters. The four plays in this collection offer examples of women who support the status quo and women who oppose and disrupt it; sometimes these are the same characters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruby Blondell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041590773X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415907736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d","brand":"Ruby Blondell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153019744511,"sku":"9780415907736","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7e9a985-85a7-4387-8892-c3737ddb5763.jpg?v=1770780745","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-on-the-edge-ruby-blondell-9780415907736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}