Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound

Ruffell (classics, U. of Glasgow) offers background and perspectives on the ancient Greek play for students and readers. His topics are themes, contexts, and receptions; gods and other monsters; technology and civilization; making a spectacle; and the radical tradition. The figure of the Titan who brings fire to humans and is punished with eternal captivity and torture, has long been a favorite with political radicals of all stripes. Distributed in the US by International Publishers Marketing. Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)