Marriage to Death : : The Conflation of Wedding and Funeral Rituals in Greek Tragedy /

Marriage to Death : : The Conflation of Wedding and Funeral Rituals in Greek Tragedy / / Rush Rehm.

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The link between weddings and death-as found in dramas ranging from Romeo and Juliet to Lorca's Blood Wedding-plays a central role in the action of many Greek tragedies. Female characters such as Kassandra, Antigone, and Helen enact and refer to significant parts of wedding and funeral rites, b...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Rehm, Rush,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
©1994
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 5262
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • A NOTE TO THE READER
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1. FIFTH-CENTURY MARRIAGE AND FUNERAL RITES
  • Chapter 2. WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS THE VISUAL RECORD
  • Chapter 3. THE BRIDE UNVEILED MARRIAGE TO DEATH IN AESCHYLUS' AGAMEMNON
  • Chapter 4. THE BRIDE AND GROOM OF DEATH SOPHOKLES' ANTIGONE
  • Chapter 5. FROM DEATH BED TO MARRIAGE BED SOPHOKLES' TRACHINIAE
  • Chapter 6. THE BRIDE FROM THE GRAVE EURIPIDES' ALKESTIS
  • Chapter 7. TORCHING THE MARRIAGE EURIPIDES' MEDEA
  • Chapter 8. FOLLOWING PERSEPHONE EURIPIDES' SUPPLICES AND HELEN
  • Chapter 9. WAR BRIDES AND WAR DEAD EURIPIDES' TROADES
  • CONCLUSION
  • Appendix A. THE ANAKALUPTERIA
  • Appendix B. MEDEA 1056-80
  • Appendix C. HELPING FRIENDS AND HARMING ENEMIES IN MEDEA
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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