presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas
Galens, David
Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.
An anthology of critical essays that provide a wide range of information and opinion about Euripides' Greek tragedy in which Medea, betrayed by her husband and banished from her home, plots insane and violent revenge.
