Gender and communication in Euripides' plays : between song and silence /
In Greek tragedy, women constantly struggle to control language. This book shows how aspects of women's communication-song, silence and secret-keeping as female verbal genres, and the challenges of speaking out of place-constitute a decisive factor in Euripides' portrayal of gender.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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Colección: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;
296. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In Greek tragedy, women constantly struggle to control language. This book shows how aspects of women's communication-song, silence and secret-keeping as female verbal genres, and the challenges of speaking out of place-constitute a decisive factor in Euripides' portrayal of gender. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9789047442769 9047442768 |
ISSN: | 0169-8958 ; |