Marriage to Death: The Conflation of Wedding and Funeral Rituals in Greek Tragedy by Rush Rehm

Marriage to Death: The Conflation of Wedding and Funeral Rituals in Greek Tragedy

Rush Rehm

246 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

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The link between weddings and death--as found in dramas ranging from Romeo and Juliet to Lorca's Blood Wedding--plays a central role in the action of many Greek tragedies. Female characters such as Kassandra, Antigone, and Helen enact and refer to...

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