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1 online resource (x, 365 pages) : illustrations |
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Euripides and the Oresteia -- Intertextual ekphrasis -- Writing and self-conscious mythopoiesis -- The Trojan War -- Tragedy, comedy, and Euripides |
| Summary |
Metapoetry in Euripides is the first detailed study of the self-conscious literary devices applied within Euripidean drama and how these are inter-woven with issues of thematic importance, whether social, theological, or political. In the volume, Torrance argues that Euripides employed a complex system of metapoetic strategies in order to draw the audience's attention to the novelty of his compositions. The meta-poetic strategies discussed include intertextual allusions to earlier poetic texts (especially to Homer, Aeschylus and Sophocles), which are often developed around unusual and memorable language or imagery, deployment of recognizable trigger words referring to plot construction, novelties or secondary status, and self-conscious references to fiction implied through allusion to writing. Torrance also looks at and compares metapoetic techniques used in tragedy, satyr-drama, and old comedy to demonstrate that the Greek tragedians commonly exploited metapoetic strategies, and that meta-poetry is more pervasive in Euripides than in the other tragedians. While Euripides shares some metapoetic techniques with old comedy, these remain implicit in his tragedies (but not in his satyr-dramas). Book jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-332) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation
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Euripides -- Technique
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Euripides |
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Euripides ca. 485/480 v. Chr.-406 v.Chr. |
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Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Euripides -- Technique. |
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Poetics.
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Literature -- Philosophy.
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DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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Literature -- Philosophy
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Poetics
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Technique
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Metapoetik
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Poetics.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191745393 |
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0191745391 |
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9780191632037 |
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0191632031 |
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