ARGONAUT BOOKS

Medea has been abandoned by her husband. Jason, for whom she has sacrificed so much, has left her for a younger woman. His new bride is the daughter of the most powerful man in Corinth and Medea and her children are to be forced to leave the state and become refugees. But Medea is not a woman to accept such disrespect passively. Reviews The purpose of translation is to set a play free. This is just what Robin Robertson does. In his lucid, free-running verse, Medea's power is released into the world, fresh and appalling, in words that seem spoken for the first time.Anne E...Read More