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American classicist : the life and loves of Edith Hamilton / by Houseman, Victoria,1969-Author(DLC)n 2022045442;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-474) and index."Edith Hamilton (1867-1963), famed popularizer of the classics, whose books include Mythology and The Greek Way, introduced millions--literally millions--of general readers and young adults to the myths and culture of the Greco-Roman world. In the middle of the 20th century, she was arguably the most visible and widely read person on classics and mythology. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College and then a successful teacher and administrator at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Hamilton became well known to the public only when she was in her sixties. Her writings, written with a middle-American audience in mind, were intended to introduce general readers to a world of antiquity previously thought to be only the purview of those with knowledge of ancient languages. Her most successful book, Mythology, remains the most popular book of its kind and, like The Greek Way and The Roman Way, has never gone out of print. Houseman recounts Hamilton's life of ninety-five years, beginning with her childhood introduction to the study of Latin and Greek under her father's tutelage. Houseman explores the intellectual influences upon her, emphasizing in particular the nineteenth-century British thinkers whose work she encountered during her years as a student at Bryn Mawr, including Matthew Arnold and Edward Caird. It also tells the story of the two romantic relationships that shaped her life. The first was with Lucy Martin Donnelly, an English professor whose intellectual and aesthetic tastes made a profound impact upon Hamilton. The second, and more enduring, was with Doris Fielding Reid, with whom Hamilton lived for over forty years and with whom she raised a family composed of Reid's nephews and nieces. The biography also describes Hamilton's friendships with writers such as Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, as well as with Senator Ralph E. Flanders, who led the movement in the Senate to censure Joseph McCarthy and inspired Hamilton's depiction of Demosthenes in her final book, The Echo of Greece. Houseman also situates Edith Hamilton's writing in relation to contemporary events such as the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, American involvement in the Second World War, the dropping of the atomic bombs, and American foreign policy during the Cold War, among others. She argues that Hamilton's writing and themes were often a response to these events. Even Mythology, intended as a modern version of Bulfinch's Mythology, was partly written during the fascist Italian invasion of Greece and makes many arguments for the special claims of Greece in Western history. Her work has influenced generations of readers as well, and was even said to have been a favorite of Robert Kennedy's, who drew on The Greek Way for inspiration in drafting speeches. The book is intended to be the definitive biography of a fascinating and daring woman who arguably helped to save the classics in America. This will be the first biography of Hamilton apart from one written by her partner Doris Fielding which was a mix of memoir and biography. This will also be the first to draw on Hamilton's letters and other primary sources"--.
Subjects: Biographies; Hamilton, Edith, 1867-1963.; Women classicists;
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Aeschylus II : the Oresteia, Agamemnon, the Libation bearers, the Eumenides / by Aeschylus.(CARDINAL)141561; Griffith, Mark(Classicist)(CARDINAL)524584; Lattimore, Richmond,1906-1984.(CARDINAL)138725;
Introduction to Aeschylus -- How the plays were originally staged -- Oresteia: introduction -- Agamemnon -- The libation bearers -- The Eumenides -- Proteus
Subjects: Agamemnon, King of Mycenae (Mythological character); Erinyes (Greek mythology); Greek drama (Tragedy); Greek drama (Tragedy); Greek literature, Hellenistic.;
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When life gives you risk make risk theatre : three tragedies and six essays / by Wong, Edwin(Classicist),author.; Container of (work):Dean, Gabriel Jason.In bloom.; Container of (work):Dunn, Nicholas(Nicholas C.),1981-Value.; Container of (work):McClain, Emily.Children of combs and watch chains.; Evans, Robert C.,1955-writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)809088;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Tragedies (Drama); Essays.; Tragedy; Risk in literature.;
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Sophocles. by Sophocles,author.(CARDINAL)147444; Grene, David,editor,translator.(CARDINAL)127961; Most, Glenn W.,editor.(CARDINAL)725688; Lattimore, Richmond,1906-1984,editor.(CARDINAL)138725; Griffith, Mark(Classicist),editor.(CARDINAL)524584; Sophocles.Antigone.(CARDINAL)525311; Sophocles.Oedipus Rex.(CARDINAL)519812; Sophocles.Oedipus at Colonus.(CARDINAL)521034;
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Subjects: Tragedies (Drama); Drama.; Sophocles; Greek drama (Tragedy); Mythology, Greek;
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Aeschylus. by Aeschylus,author.(CARDINAL)141561; Benardete, Seth,translator.(CARDINAL)152041; Grene, David,editor.(CARDINAL)127961; Lattimore, Richmond,1906-1984,editor.(CARDINAL)138725; Griffith, Mark(Classicist),editor.(CARDINAL)524584; Most, Glenn W.,editor.(CARDINAL)725688; Aeschylus.Persae.English.(CARDINAL)309694; Aeschylus.Seven against Thebes.English.(CARDINAL)309695; Aeschylus.Suppliants.English.; Aeschylus.Prometheus bound.English.(CARDINAL)690918;
Introduction to Aeschylus -- How the plays were originally staged -- The Persians / translated by Seth Benardete -- The seven against Thebes / translated by David Grene -- The suppliant maidens / translated by Seth Benardete -- Prometheur bound / translated by David Grene.
Subjects: Drama.; Aeschylus; Danaus, King of Argos (Mythological character); Prometheus (Greek deity); Greek drama (Tragedy); Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology);
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Greek tragedies / by Grene, David,editor.; Lattimore, Richmond,1906-1984,editor.; Griffith, Mark,(Classicist)editor.; Most, Glenn W.,editor.; Wyckoff, Elizabeth,1915-1994.; Carson, Anne,1950-; Vermeule, Emily.; Fitzgerald, Robert,1910-1985.; Arrowsmith, William,1924-1992.; Aeschylus.Agamemnon.English.2013.; Aeschylus.Prometheus bound.English.2013.; Sophocles.Oedipus Rex.English.2013.; Sophocles.Antigone.English.2013.; Euripides.Hippolytus.English.2013.; Aeschylus.Choephori.English.2013.; Sophocles.Electra.English.2013.; Euripides.Iphigenia in Tauris.English.2013.; Euripides.Electra.English.2013.; Euripides.Trojan women.English.2013.; Aeschylus.Eumenides.English.2013.; Sophocles.Philoctetes.English.2013.; Sophocles.Oedipus at Colonus.English.2013.; Euripides.Bacchae.English.2013.; Euripides.Alcestis.English.2013.;
volume 1. Agamemnon / Aeschylus ; translated by Richmond Lattimore -- Prometheus bound / Aeschylus ; translated by David Grene -- Oedipus the king / Sophocles ; translated by David Grene -- Antigone / Sophocles ; translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff -- Hippolytus / Euripides ; translated by David Grene -- volume 2. The libation bearers / Aeschylus ; translated by Richard Lattimore -- Electra / Sophocles ; translated by David Grene -- Iphigenia among the Taurians / Euripides ; translated by Anne Carson -- Electra / Euripides ; translated by Emily Townsend Vermeule -- The Trojan women / Euripides ; translated by Richard Lattimore -- volume 3. The Eumenides / Aeschylus ; translated by Richard Lattimore -- Philoctetes / Sophocles ; translated by David Grene -- Oedipus at Colonus / Sophocles ; translated by Robert Fitzgerald -- The Bacchae / Euripides ; translated by William Arrowsmith -- Alcestis / Euripides ; translated by Richard Lattimore.
Subjects: Greek drama (Tragedy);
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The risk theatre model of tragedy : gambling, drama, and the unexpected / by Wong, Edwin(Classicist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-285) and index.The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy presents a profoundly original theory of drama that speaks to modern audiences living in an increasingly volatile world driven by artificial intelligence, gene editing, globalization, and mutual assured destruction ideologies. Tragedy, according to risk theatre, puts us face to face with the unexpected implications of our actions by simulating the profound impact of highly improbable events. In this book, classicist Edwin Wong shows how tragedy imitates reality: heroes, by taking inordinate risks, trigger devastating low-probability, high-consequence outcomes. Such a theatre forces audiences to ask themselves a most timely question---what happens when the perfect bet goes wrong? Not only does Wong reinterpret classic tragedies from Aeschylus to O'Neill through the risk theatre lens, he also invites dramatists to create tomorrow's theatre. As the world becomes increasingly unpredictable, the most compelling dramas will be high-stakes tragedies that dramatize the unintended consequences of today's risk takers who are taking us past the point of no return.
Subjects: Tragedies (Drama); Playwriting.; Criticism.;
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Euripides I / by Euripides.(CARDINAL)142660; Lattimore, Richmond,1906-1984,editor,translator.(CARDINAL)138725; Taplin, Oliver,editor,translator.(CARDINAL)773955; Griffith, Mark(Classicist),editor,translator.(CARDINAL)524584; Grene, David,editor,translator.(CARDINAL)127961; Most, Glenn W.,editor.(CARDINAL)725688;
"Euripides I contains the plays "Alcestis," translated by Richmond Lattimore; "Medea," translated by Oliver Taplin; "The Children of Heracles," translated by Mark Griffith; and "Hippolytus," translated by David Grene. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers. They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent classicists David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, those translations combined accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation to render the surviving masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides in an English so lively and compelling that they remain the standard translations. ..."--Publisher description.
Subjects: Drama.; Euripides; Greek drama (Tragedy); Mythology, Greek;
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From the Classicists to the Impressionists / by Holt, Elizabeth Basye Gilmore.(CARDINAL)151078;
Subjects: Art; Architecture; Art and society.; Nineteenth century.;
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From the classicists to the impressionists; art and architecture in the 19th century / by Holt, Elizabeth Basye Gilmore.(CARDINAL)151078;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Art; Architecture; Art and society.; Nineteenth century.;
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