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Nine Muses
Modern Plays From Classic Myths
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Product Code 31423 ( MR #024969 )
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Professional resources, assessments, and educational books.
Price $14.95
Mystery, intrigue, tragedy, humor, romance—tales of the ancient deities have them all! Our anthology of contemporary plays is narrated by the Nine Muses, each of whom has her own unique and sometimes offbeat perspective on a classic myth.
Students will be instantly engaged by these lively new renditions. Teachers will appreciate the scholarly basis behind the stories and the extensive materials in the Student Edition that round out the study of mythology. 264 pages.
The anthology includes:
• Creating Context—a superb introduction to mythology, including the source of myths, the world of classic mythology, and the gods/goddesses at a glance.
• Nine royalty-free plays, each presented as theatre and as literature: Pandora, Phaeton and the Sun Chariot, Demeter and Persephone, Orpheus and Eurydice, Eros and Psyche, The Apple of Discord, Odysseus and the Sirens, Proteus, Prometheus Unbound
• Extensions: thumbnail myths, glossary, further readings
Teacher Guide
A comprehensive Teacher Guide includes suggestions for teaching each play
• as myth
• as literature
• as theatre
- Pages 264
- Copyright 2001