Arnson Svarlien's verse translation has both elegance and power-it reads well, not just to the eye, but (happily for the director and actors) also to the ear.' 'The excellent Introduction by Robin Mitchell-Boyask displays an admirable command of up-to-date scholarship and judiciously leaves controversial matters open to one's own interpretation. 'Arnson Svarlien's Medea reveals a translator who can write with genuine distinction, in proper sentences, with a rare sense of rhythm.'Ĭritical acclaim for the Arnson Svarlien & Mitchell-Boyask Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, also available from Hackett Publishing Company: Amy Vail, Department of Classics, Baylor University Arnson-Svarlien has shown herself exceedingly skillful in making Euripides sound Euripidean.' No English Medea can ever be Euripides', but this is as close as anyone has come so far, and a good deal closer than I thought anyone would ever come. It offers clarity without banality, eloquence without pretension, meter without doggerel, accuracy without clumsiness. 'This is the Medea we have been waiting for. Patrick Wang, Director of Diane Arnson Svarlien's Medea in its world premiere at the Stella Adler Studio, and of the feature film In the Family, nominated for a 'Best First Feature' Independent Spirit Award. This is particularly true if you are a practitioner of theatre.' Merely read her translation of the play, then read another. All the others were wanting her translation was revelatory. I tried to track down any unpublished ones rumored to exist. I first learned of her work when I was searching, madly, for a translation of Medea for a production I had been hired to direct. 'Diane Arnson Svarlien's body of work means a quantum leap forward in the vibrancy and immediacy of classical verse drama. Ordering Titles in the Lingua Latina per se Illustrata Series.Ordering for Customers & Booksellers Outside of the U.S.Ordering for Customers & Booksellers in the U.S.Request Instructor Resources, Manuals, and Answer Keys (For Select Titles).The Western Literary Tradition Anthologies.Passages: Key Moments in History Series.Critical Themes in World History Series.Medieval, Renaissance, & Reformation History.Latin American & Caribbean Literature & History.American Intellectual History & Political Thought.Studies in Classical Language & Literature.

Latin Grammar, Prose Composition, & Reference.Greek Grammar, Prose Composition, & Reference.

Medea english translation