Anxiety Veiled : : Euripides and the Traffic in Women / / Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz.
What should we make of the prominence of female characters in the plays of Euripides? Not, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz concludes, that he was either a misogynist or a feminist before his time. Tracking the relationship between male anxiety and female desire in his drama, she demonstrates in this rich an...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1993 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Fetishized Victims -- 1. The Sacrificial Virgins: Iphigenia and Others -- 2. The Sacrificial Wife: Alcestis -- Part II. Vengeful Destroyers -- 3. The Terrifying Mater Dolorosa: Hekabe -- 4. Vindictive Wife, Murderous Mother: Medea -- 5. Sacrificial Son and Vengeful Destroyer: Hippolytos and Phaedra -- Part III. Men United -- 6. Renegotiating the Oedipus: Theseus and Hippolytos -- 7. Raped or Seduced? and Abandoned: Kreousa, Ion, Xouthos -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Summary: | What should we make of the prominence of female characters in the plays of Euripides? Not, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz concludes, that he was either a misogynist or a feminist before his time. Tracking the relationship between male anxiety and female desire in his drama, she demonstrates in this rich and incisive book that Euripides' plays support a structure of male dominance while simultaneously inscribing female strength. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501737565 9783110536171 |
DOI: | 10.7591/9781501737565 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz. |