| Description |
xiii, 361 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-333) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Approaching Euripides -- Problems of genre -- Dramatic structures : variety and unity -- The chorus -- The gods -- Rhetoric and character -- Women -- Euripidean males and the limits of autonomy. |
| Summary |
This title explores key topics in the interpretation of the tragedies of Euripides. Taking account of the Greek poetic tradition and of the social and political structures of the poet's world, it investigates their relation to the Greek poetic tradition and to the social and political structures of their original setting. |
| Subject |
Euripides.
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Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
9780521768399
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052176839X
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