Cawdor, a Long Poem: Medea, After Euripides
Robinson Jeffers
(Author)
Description
The verse narrative Cawdor, set on the ruthless California coast which Jeffers knew so well, tells a simple tale: an aging widower, Cawdor, unwilling to relinquish his youth, knowingly marries a young girl who does not love him. She falls in love with his son, Hood, and the narrative unfolds in tragedy of immense proportions.Medea is a verse adaptation of Euripides' drama and was created especially for the actress Judith Anderson. Their combined genius made the play one of the outstanding successes of the 1940s. In Medea, Jeffers relentlessly drove toward what Ralph Waldo Emerson had called "the proper tragic element"--terror.
Product Details
Price
$18.95
$17.62
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date
January 17, 1970
Pages
191
Dimensions
5.1 X 7.9 X 0.7 inches | 0.53 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780811200738
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About the Author
John Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) graduated from Occidental College at the age of eighteen. Subsequently, he studied literature at the University of Southern California; philosophy, Old English, Dante, and Spanish romantic poetry in Switzerland; medicine at USC; and forestry at the University of Washington. Much of his poetry focused on the central California coast.
Reviews
I am amazed at its power and beauty...The music of the verse carries one along as it were the sea, drifting and rocking, and dreaming and moaning.--Edgar Lee Masters
