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`...this is a well-supported investigation.' Journal of Hellenic Studies `...an engaging study that successfully reappraises two largely and unfairly disparaged dramas.' The Classical Review `Mendelsohn's demonstration of the influence of the Eleusinian setting of Supplices throughout its course is revelatory.' The Classical Review

... a highly rewarding book ... a persuasive examination not only of the chosen plays but also of the kind of demanding political thinking that tragedy could do. American Journal of Philology ... a good book which marks an important stage in the rehabilitation of what Mendelsohn rightly (in my view) regards as plays 'by a major dramatist at the height of his powers'. JACT Review ... very stimulating and enjoyable book. It is a splendid example of post-modern criticism, mingling a flexible and persuausive use of theory with a vigilant and sensitive literary response. JACT Review Daniel Mendelsohn provides a masterful and compelling rereading of both plays and in the process not only challenges standard assessments of their value but also demonstrates the centrality of gender for structuring their political debates. Bryn Mawr Classical Review [A] detailed, profound, and revealing analysis of the two 'political' plays ... These few examples are all that can be cited here of the strength of the evidence he cites to support his theses and the precision of his critical language; to appreciate the full effect, the reader must go to the book. Suffice it to say that in his sensitive analysis of these and other aspects of the two plays' structure and content he has rescued them from the critical limbo to which so many scholars had consigned them ... The somewhat abstract psychological analysis Mendelsohn proposes here may sound complex but it emerges convincingly from a close reading of the plays ... The review of his book, though selective and inadequate, is enough to establish the fact that his attempt is a brilliant success. Bernard Knox, The New York Review of Books

... a highly rewarding book ... a persuasive examination not only of the chosen plays but also of the kind of demanding political thinking that tragedy could do. American Journal of Philology ... a good book which marks an important stage in the rehabilitation of what Mendelsohn rightly (in my view) regards as plays 'by a major dramatist at the height of his powers'. JACT Review ... very stimulating and enjoyable book. It is a splendid example of post-modern criticism, mingling a flexible and persuausive use of theory with a vigilant and sensitive literary response. JACT Review Daniel Mendelsohn provides a masterful and compelling rereading of both plays and in the process not only challenges standard assessments of their value but also demonstrates the centrality of gender for structuring their political debates. Bryn Mawr Classical Review [A] detailed, profound, and revealing analysis of the two 'political' plays ... These few examples are all that can be cited here of the strength of the evidence he cites to support his theses and the precision of his critical language; to appreciate the full effect, the reader must go to the book. Suffice it to say that in his sensitive analysis of these and other aspects of the two plays' structure and content he has rescued them from the critical limbo to which so many scholars had consigned them ... The somewhat abstract psychological analysis Mendelsohn proposes here may sound complex but it emerges convincingly from a close reading of the plays ... The review of his book, though selective and inadequate, is enough to establish the fact that his attempt is a brilliant success. Bernard Knox, The New York Review of Books

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Daniel Mendelsohn, a writer and critic living in New York, is a Lecturer in the Department of Classics at Princeton University

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