Sappho : Viisinäytöksinen murhenäytelmä by Franz Grillparzer

"Sappho: Viisinäytöksinen murhenäytelmä" by Franz Grillparzer is a tragedy written in 1818. Based on the ancient Greek poet Sappho, the play explores her unrequited love for the youth Phaon, who she believes prefers her slave Melitta. Neither will listen to Melitta's pleas of innocence or her desire to return home. The drama examines the conflict between artistic genius and earthly happiness, depicting the renunciation imposed upon poets by their higher calling. Combining modern passion with classical simplicity, it explores poetic nature's struggle with reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Grillparzer, Franz, 1791-1872
Translator Koskenniemi, Veikko Antero, 1885-1962
Title Sappho : Viisinäytöksinen murhenäytelmä
Original Publication Porvoo: WSOY, 1910.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sappho_(play) Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sappho_(Grillparzer)
Credits Tapio Riikonen
Reading Level Reading ease score: 62.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language Finnish
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Sappho -- Drama
Subject Tragedies (Drama)
Category Text
EBook-No. 71424
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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