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• catalog abstract "The link between weddings and death - as found in dramas ranging from Romeo and Juliet to Lorca's Blood Wedding - plays a central role in the action of many Greek tragedies. Female characters such as Kassandra, Antigone, and Helen enact and refer to significant parts of wedding and funeral rites, but often in a twisted fashion. Over time the pressure of dramatic events causes the distinctions between weddings and funerals to disappear. In this book Rush Rehm considers how and why the conflation of the two ceremonies comes to theatrical life in the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophokles, and Euripides. By focusing on the dramatization of important rituals conducted by women in ancient Athenian society, Rehm offers a new perspective on Greek tragedy and the challenges it posed for its audience. The conflation of weddings and funerals, the author argues, unleashes a kind of dramatic alchemy whereby female characters become the bearers of new possibilities. Such a formulation enables the tragedians to explore the limitations of traditional thinking and acting in fifth-century Athens. Rehm finds that when tragic weddings and funerals become confused and perverted, the aftershocks disturb the political and ideological givens of Athenian society, challenging the audience to consider new, and often radically different, directions for their city.".
• catalog contributor b5759946.
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description "Ch. 1. Fifth-Century Marriage and Funeral Rites -- Ch. 2. Weddings and Funerals: The Visual Record -- Ch. 3. The Bride Unveiled: Marriage to Death in Aeschylus' Agamemnon -- Ch. 4. The Bride and Groom of Death: Sophokles' Antigone -- Ch. 5. From Death Bed to Marriage Bed: Sophokles' Trachiniae -- Ch. 6. The Bride from the Grave: Euripides' Alkestis -- Ch. 7. Torching the Marriage: Euripides' Medea -- Ch. 8. Following Persephone: Euripides' Supplices and Helen -- Ch. 9. War Brides and War Dead: Euripides' Troades -- Appendix A. The Anakalupteria -- Appendix B. Medea 1056-80 -- Appendix C. Helping Friends and Harming Enemies in Medea.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and index.".
• catalog description "The link between weddings and death - as found in dramas ranging from Romeo and Juliet to Lorca's Blood Wedding - plays a central role in the action of many Greek tragedies. Female characters such as Kassandra, Antigone, and Helen enact and refer to significant parts of wedding and funeral rites, but often in a twisted fashion. Over time the pressure of dramatic events causes the distinctions between weddings and funerals to disappear. In this book Rush Rehm considers how and why the conflation of the two ceremonies comes to theatrical life in the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophokles, and Euripides. By focusing on the dramatization of important rituals conducted by women in ancient Athenian society, Rehm offers a new perspective on Greek tragedy and the challenges it posed for its audience. The conflation of weddings and funerals, the author argues, unleashes a kind of dramatic alchemy whereby female characters become the bearers of new possibilities. Such a formulation enables the tragedians to explore the limitations of traditional thinking and acting in fifth-century Athens. Rehm finds that when tragic weddings and funerals become confused and perverted, the aftershocks disturb the political and ideological givens of Athenian society, challenging the audience to consider new, and often radically different, directions for their city.".
• catalog extent "xviii, 246 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Marriage to death.".
• catalog identifier "0691033692".
• catalog isFormatOf "Marriage to death.".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
• catalog relation "Marriage to death.".
• catalog subject "882/.0109 20".
• catalog subject "Death in literature.".
• catalog subject "Funeral rites and ceremonies in literature.".
• catalog subject "Greek drama (Tragedy) History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Marriage customs and rites in literature.".
• catalog subject "PA3131 .R39 1994".
• catalog subject "Weddings in literature.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Fifth-Century Marriage and Funeral Rites -- Ch. 2. Weddings and Funerals: The Visual Record -- Ch. 3. The Bride Unveiled: Marriage to Death in Aeschylus' Agamemnon -- Ch. 4. The Bride and Groom of Death: Sophokles' Antigone -- Ch. 5. From Death Bed to Marriage Bed: Sophokles' Trachiniae -- Ch. 6. The Bride from the Grave: Euripides' Alkestis -- Ch. 7. Torching the Marriage: Euripides' Medea -- Ch. 8. Following Persephone: Euripides' Supplices and Helen -- Ch. 9. War Brides and War Dead: Euripides' Troades -- Appendix A. The Anakalupteria -- Appendix B. Medea 1056-80 -- Appendix C. Helping Friends and Harming Enemies in Medea.".
• catalog title "Marriage to death : the conflation of wedding and funeral rituals in Greek tragedy / Rush Rehm.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".