Guilt by Descent
Author | : N. J. Sewell-Rutter |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2007-10-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199227334 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199227330 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Download or read book Guilt by Descent written by N. J. Sewell-Rutter and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-25 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blighted and accursed families are an inescapable feature of Greek tragedy. N.J. Sewell-Rutter gives the familiar issues of inherited guilt, curses, and divine causation a fresh appraisal, with particular reference to Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes and the Phoenician Women of Euripides. All Greek quotations are translated.