How Long to Read Revenge in Attic and Later Tragedy

How Long Does it Take to Read Revenge in Attic and Later Tragedy?

It takes the average reader 12 hours and 39 minutes to read Revenge in Attic and Later Tragedy by Anne Pippin Burnett

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Description

Modern readings of ancient Athenian drama tend to view it as a presentation of social or moral problems, as if ancient drama showed the same realism seen on the present-day stage. Such views are belied by the plays themselves, in which supremely violent actions occur in a legendary time and place distinct both from reality and from the ethics of ordinary life. Offering fresh readings of Attic tragedy, Anne Pippin Burnett urges readers to peel away twentieth-century attitudes toward vengeance and reconsider the revenge tragedies of ancient Athens in their own context. After a consideration of how our view of Elizabethan drama has obscured an accurate view of the ancient tragedies, Burnett reviews early Greek notions of vengeance as expressed in the Odyssey, Heracles' tales, Pindar's odes, Attic judicial processes, and the legend of Harmodius and Aristogeiton. Then, setting aside post-Platonic and Judeo-Christian notions of criminality, she provides new interpretations of all the Attic tragedies in which revenge is a central theme: Aeschylus' Libation Bearers, Sophocles' Ajax, Electra, and Tereus, and Euripides' Children of Heracles, Hecuba, Medea, Electra, and Orestes. Burnett shows that for the ancients, revenge meant a redress of imbalances in both human and divine worlds, achieved through human actions. The vengeful heroines thus appear in a new light. Electra, Hecuba, Medea, and others cease to be the picture of depravity in dramas that are grotesque and sensational, and are instead representative human figures who respond with grandeur to the outsize demands of necessity and supernatural powers.

How long is Revenge in Attic and Later Tragedy?

Revenge in Attic and Later Tragedy by Anne Pippin Burnett is 745 pages long, and a total of 189,975 words.

This makes it 251% the length of the average book. It also has 232% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Revenge in Attic and Later Tragedy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 18 minutes to read Revenge in Attic and Later Tragedy aloud.

What Reading Level is Revenge in Attic and Later Tragedy?

Revenge in Attic and Later Tragedy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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