Tieta

Tieta - Paperback

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Tieta - Paperback

Tieta - Paperback

by Jorge Amado
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by Jorge Amado (Author), Francis Blessington (Translator)

These three ancient tragedies--Trojan Women, Helen, and Hecuba--dramatize the tragic fates of women in the wake of war. Euripides (480-406 BC) innovatively brought to Greek tragedy the inner lives of his characters. In these plays he delivers powerful portrayals of the suffering of both Greek and Trojan women as they become pawns and prizes of warring men.

Francis Blessington combines his work as a poet, translator, and teacher of literature and Greek with his theatrical experience to create fresh and faithful verse translations suitable for the stage, the classroom, or the general reader. The three plays are augmented by introductions, notes, and an appendix on elements of Greek tragedy. Blessington glosses historical and mythological terms, identifies Greek themes in the texts, offers literary interpretations, and suggests topics for discussion.

Author Biography

Jorge Amado is the acclaimed author of Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, and Tereza Batista: Home from the Wars. Highly successful film and Broadway versions of Dona Flor have brought worldwide recognition to Brazil's foremost novelist. The UW Press also publishes Amado's Tent of Miracles.

Number of Pages: 696
Dimensions: 1.47 x 8.29 x 5.55 IN
Publication Date: December 15, 2015
ISBN9780299186548
Author Jorge Amado
PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 2015
LanguageENG- English
Pages696
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Jorge Amado (1912-2001) was born in the state of Bahia, Brazil, whose society he portrays in such acclaimed novels as Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands. Samuel Putnam (translator; 1892-1950) was a translator and scholar of Romance languages, famous for his English translation of Don Quixote.Alfred Mac Adam (introduction) is a professor of Latin American literature at Barnard College and Columbia University. He lives in New York.

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