A01=Ann G. Batchelder
Author_Ann G. Batchelder
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Product details
- ISBN 9780847679911
- Weight: 249g
- Dimensions: 149 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 27 Dec 1994
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this groundbreaking inquiry into the poetics of authenticity and authority in Sophocles' Electra, Batchelder looks at Aegisthus and Orestes as rival dramatists, who each use the illusions of the theater in a struggle for control of Mycenae. She demonstrates that the Seal of Orestes-the signet ring of his father-is the recognition token not only for Electra, but also for the entire play, revealing Electra as a self-referential play about play writing.
Ann G. Batchelder is assistant professor at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
