Alcestis

Author/creator Hughes, Ted Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Faber & Faber, Limited
Description96 p. 19.700 x 012.500 cm.
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Summary Annotation Alcestis is the story of a king, Admetus, who is able to escape death because his wife, Alcestis, has volunteered to die in his place. Ted Hughes's version goes beyond translation to an inspired rethinking of the story in terms of his own vision of human suffering. Although he started working on this piece in 1993, he did not finish until a few months before his death in 1998. It is the culmination of an extraordinarily productive period of work, which saw the publication of Tales from Ovid (1997), Birthday Letters (1998) and The Oresteia (1999).
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ISBN9780571205806
ISBN0571205801 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780571205806
Stock number11632 00307008

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