Topic
Tragedy
7 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
7 posts
Where to Start with Aeschylus: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Aeschylus — how to approach the Oresteia, the only surviving complete Greek tragic trilogy. A complete reading guide to the ancient Greek tragedian.
Where to Start with Aristotle: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Aristotle — whether to begin with the Nicomachean Ethics or the Poetics. A complete reading guide to the ancient Greek philosopher's essential works.
Where to Start with Richard Yates: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Richard Yates — whether to begin with Revolutionary Road or The Easter Parade. A complete reading guide to the American novelist.
Where to Start with Sophocles: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Sophocles — whether to begin with Oedipus Rex or Antigone. A complete reading guide to the ancient Greek tragedian's essential plays.
Where to Start with William Shakespeare: A Reading Guide
Where to start with William Shakespeare — how to approach Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, and the rest of the canon. A complete reading guide for new and returning readers.
Where to Start with William Trevor: A Reading Guide
Where to start with William Trevor — how to approach The Story of Lucy Gault, his most celebrated novel following the sixty-year consequences of a child's survival being mistaken for death in 1921 Ireland, told in the most controlled prose of his career. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Euripides: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Euripides — how to approach Medea, his radical 431 BCE tragedy in which Jason's abandoned wife chooses infanticide as the ultimate revenge, featuring the first depiction of internal moral conflict in Western literature. A complete reading guide.
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