{"product_id":"aeschylus-prometheus-bound-paperback-1","title":"Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Ruffell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrometheus Bound\u003c\/i\u003e is a play beloved of revolutionaries, romantics and rebels, with a fierce optimism tempered by an acute awareness of the compromises, dangers and obsessions of political action. \u003cbr\u003eThis companion sets the play in its historical context, explores its challenge to authority, and traces its reception from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Many scholars have disputed its Aeschylean authorship, but it has proved the most influential of tragedies outside academia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarx's favourite tragedy, \u003ci\u003ePrometheus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBound\u003c\/i\u003e is also a foundational text for the genre of science fiction through its influence on Mary Shelley's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e. In its open-eyed celebration of technology and democracy, it is the tragedy for the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Ruffell\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Glasgow. His main research interest is Greek drama and he has worked most extensively on comedy. His monograph, \u003ci\u003ePolitics and Anti-Realism in Athenian Old Comedy: The Art of the Impossible\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47452073328818,"sku":"9780715634769","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/0787a27476de88d035d7fdd83241fb3e.webp?v=1778807742","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/aeschylus-prometheus-bound-paperback-1","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}