Aeschylus "Prometheus Bound": A Literary Commentary.

XII, 198 p. In very good condition. - PREFACE -- ONE / THE MYTHOLOGICAL TRADITION AND ITS -- ADAPTATION IN PROMETHEUS BOUND -- Preliminary comment -- The "divine overthrows' and the battle of the Titans -- The offence of Prometheus and its punishment -- The secret of Prometheus and the Io theme -- TWO I PROMETHEUS BOUND: INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS -- Some problems and assumptions -- Prophecy and tragic action: a synoptic view of the play -- THREE I PROMETHEUS BOUND: DETAILED COMMENTARY -- The Prologue (w 1-127) -- The Parodos (w 128-92) -- The first episode (vv 193-396) -- The first stasimon (w 397-435) and the second episode (w 436-525) -- The second stasimon (w 526-60); second episode (Io episode, w 561-886); third stasimon (vv 887-906) -- The final scene (w 907-1093) -- Appendix to chapter 3 -- FOUR I PROMETHEUS' SPEECHES ON THE ARTS: -- SOME COMPARISONS AND SPECULATIONS -- FIVE/THE TRILOGY -- Theoretical reconstructions of the trilogy SIX / THE ZEUS PROB AND THE TRILOGY -- LEM IN PROMETHEUS BOUND -- APPENDIX 1 Some views on the authenticity of Prometheus Bound -- APPENDIX 2 Notes on the staging of Prometheus Bound - BIBLIOGRAPHY. ISBN 9780802064165