1858 Merope: A Tragedy

Description

First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. 

In the original cloth binding. 

This tragedy utilises the style of Greek poetry and uses a Greek story as its subject - the Athenian princess, Merope.

From English poet and cultural critic, Matthew Arnold, who is often regarded as a sage writer, commenting on social issues of the time in his works. 

In the preface, Arnold offers an account of the three great modern tragedies that have been written on his subject of Merope and discusses the structure of the Greek drama.