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The Politics of Youth in Greek Tragedy

The Politics of Youth in Greek Tragedy

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This bold new set of interpretations of tragedy offers innovative analyses of the dynamic between politics and youth in the ancient world. By exploring how tragedy responded to the fluctuating attitudes to young people at a highly turbulent time in the history of Athens, Shipton sheds new light on ancient attitudes to youth. Focusing on famous plays, such as Sophocles’ Antigone and Euripides’ Bacchae, alongside lesser known tragedies such as Euripides’ Heraclidae and Orestes, Shipton uncovers compelling evidence to show that the complex and often paradoxical views we hold about youth today can also be found in the ancient society of classical Athens.

Shipton argues that the prominence of young people in tragedy throughout the fifth century reflects the persistent uncertainty as to what their role in society should be. As the success of Athens rose and then fell, young characters were repeatedly used by tragic playwrights as a way to explore political tensions and social upheaval in the city. Throughout his text, Shipton reflects on how negative conceptualisations of youth, often expressed via the socially constructed ‘gang’ are formed as a way in which paradoxical views on youth can be contained.

Artikel.nr.

0a4249f2-9dde-5a7c-bcf2-8bbdfb5a5300

Egenskaper

Språkversion

Engelska

Bokomslagstyp

Pocket

Antal sidor

208 sidor

Föreslagen målgrupp

Alla

Skrivet av

Matthew Shipton (Author)

Utgivare

Bloomsbury Publishing

Släpp datum

22/08/2019

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

9781350124967

Vikt & dimension

Bredd

234 mm

Höjd

156 mm

The Politics of Youth in Greek Tragedy

550 kr

550 kr

I lager

Ons, 18 jun - tis, 24 jun


Säker betalning

14-dagars öppet köp


Säljs och levereras av

Adlibris