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HARRISON, Th., - The Emptiness of Asia. Aeschylus' Persians and the history of the fifth century.
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| Schrijver: | HARRISON, Th., |
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| Titel: | The Emptiness of Asia. Aeschylus' Persians and the history of the fifth century. |
| ISBN: | 9780715629680 |
| Uitgever: | Duckworth, London, 2000. 191p. Original red hard bound with pictorial dust wrappers. Pencil annotations in Dutch on laste paste-down end paper. |
| Bijzonderheid: | 'Thomas Harrison's 'The Emptiness of Asia' is 'a study of the historical value of Aeschylus' play, the 'Persians': its value both for the history of events and for Athens’ 'ideological conception and portrayal of their enemy, the Persians, and i... |
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| Meer info | from these anecdotes both authors derived underlying perceptions about Persia and Persian royal women. Part II, containing Chapers 4-8, explores Athenian ideology and self-representation. (…) Harrison (…) argues that Aeschylus' tragedy presents the war from the Persian 'point of view' only to highlight themes of Athenian devastation of the enemy in a strategy of patriotic stimulation. (…) Part III, containing Chapters 9-10, features Harrison's conclusions, which are vigorously argued and will excite great interest and debate. Harrison cautions us against using the 'Persians' as evidence of concrete alignment of political interests or expression of religious themes. (…) Hasrrions' lively book also contains a helpful introduction and notes and a fine bibliography.' (MARIA S. MARSILIO in The classical Outlook, 2001, p.31). |
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