Euripides' Alcestis
Ted Hughes
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Description
Alcestis is the story of a king, Admetus, who is able to escape death because his wife, Alcestis, has volunteered to die in his place. Ted Hughes's version goes beyond translation to an inspired rethinking of the story in terms of his own vision of human suffering.
Although he started working on this piece in 1993, he did not finish until a few months before his death in 1998. It is the culmination of an extraordinarily productive period of work, which saw the publication of Tales from Ovid (1997), Birthday Letters (1998) and The Oresteia (1999).
Product Details
Price
£10.99
£10.44
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Publish Date
4 September 2000
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780571205806
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