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Titre(s) : Looking at Ajax [Texte imprimé] / edited by David Stuttard
Publication : London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (x-231 pages) ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 219-225 and index
Includes an English translation of Sophocles' Ajax.
"Ajax is perhaps the earliest of Sophocles' tragedies, yet the issues at its heart
remain profoundly resonant today. Set in the Greek encampment during the siege of
Troy, it traces not just the story of a respected war hero's mental breakdown but
(like Sophocles' Antigone) the treatment of an enemy's remains and the management
of his memory. Pitting the fate of the individual against not just his own community
but the cosmic world of the divine, it explores questions of loyalty and power, compassion
and control, integrity and political expediency - and ultimately what it is to be
human. In Antiquity the fate of Ajax fascinated writers and artists alike. Today it
has assumed a new importance with Sophocles' play being used to help treat military
veterans suffering from PTSD. This collection of 12 essays by leading academics from
across the UK, US and Ireland draws together many of the themes explored in Ajax,
from how Sophocles exploits audiences' awareness of mythology and visual arts, to
questions of politics and religion, staging and characterization, changing perceptions
of the heroic, and the therapeutic use to which the play is put today. The essays
are accompanied by David Stuttard's introduction and performer-friendly, accurate
and easily accessible English translation."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Stuttard, David. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Ajax (mythologie grecque) -- Dans la littérature
Sophocle (0496?-0406 av. J.-C.). Ajax
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 135007232X. - ISBN 9781350072312. - ISBN 1350072311. - ISBN 9781350072329. - ISBN 9781350072305 (erroné). - ISBN 9781350072336. - ISBN 1350072338. - ISBN 1350072303. - ISBN 9781350072305
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46634544x
Notice n° :
FRBNF46634544
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Table des matières : Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents;
Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Ajax, Bulwark of the Greeks;
The myth of Ajax; Ajax in Athens; Sophocles and the life of Athens; Burying enemy
dead: Morality and religion in classical Athens; Staging Ajax; Translating Ajax; Notes;
1 Some Visual Influences on Sophocles' Ajax?; Notes; 2 Ajax the Hero; 3 'Shield of
the Achaeans'; Notes; 4 The Power of Ajax's Sword; 1. The Sword's evolving symbolism;
2. The Sword as symbolic representative of Ajax
3. The Sword as symbolic representative of Hector4. The Sword's Homeric power; 5.
The Sword and the contest of arms; 6. The Sword in Athenian context; Conclusion; Notes;
5 The Sounds of Ajax's Grief; 6 Ajax's Suicide; Notes; 7 Looking at the Isolation
of Ajax; 1. Individual isolation; 2. Mystery-cult; 3. Hero-cult; Notes; 8 Tecmessa;
Portrayals of Ajax; Tecmessa's role and speech; Ajax and Tecmessa; Ajax's death; Conclusion;
Notes; 9 A Grief Observed: Tecmessa and Her Sadness-Work in Sophocles' Ajax; 1. Ajax's
suicide: A grief observed?; 2. Tecmessa's reaction: A grief observed; Notes
10 Heroic Values and Lesser Mortals11 Odysseus and Empathy; Suggestions for further
reading; 12 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Performance Reception of Sophocles'
Ajax; Combat trauma in antiquity; Outside the Wire's 'Theater of War' project; Timberlake
Wertenbaker's Our Ajax; Aquila Theatre's Ajax receptions; Conclusion; Sophocles' Ajax;
Dramatis Personae; Bibliography; Index
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Auteur(s) : Sophocle (0496?-0406 av. J.-C.)
Titre conventionnel : [Ajax (anglais)]
Titre(s) : Sophocles' Ajax
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Stuttard, David. Traducteur
