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Aeschylus can be called the creator of the art of tragedy in the Western tradition.Author of the first dramas that have survived in their entirety, he was also one of the worlds greatest lyric and imaginative poets. This book by John Herington is designed to introduce all aspects of his majestic achievement to the general reader. Herington begins by sketching the background to Aeschylus plays. He first explains the very ancient mythical conception of our universe in which Aeschylus was brought up and which continued to shape his dramaturgy and poetic expression throughout his career. Herington next discusses Athens and the momentous transition that it was experiencing during Aeschylus later years: the transition from age-old traditional ways of life and thought to the Periclean Enlightenment. The background material concludes with a description of the contemporary Athenian theater, which also was undergoing a crucial transition from a primarily choral performance toward an art that could be described as drama. In the second half of the book, Herington focuses on the plays of Aeschylus, providing many illustrative quotations that he himself has translated. There is a chapter on the

Author

Cecil John Herington

Publisher

Yale University Press, New Haven & London

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300035629

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities