Staged narrative : poetics and the messenger in Greek tragedy /

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The messenger who reports important action that has occurred offstage is a familiar inhabitant of Greek tragedy. A messenger informs us about the death of Jocasta and the blinding of Oedipus, the madness of Heracles, the slaughter of Aigisthos, and the de.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barrett, James, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Series:Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Subjects:
To 1500
Greek drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric) > History > To 1500.
Messengers in literature.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Tragédie grecque > Histoire et critique.
Messagers dans la littérature.
Rhétorique ancienne.
DRAMA > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Messengers in literature
Narration (Rhetoric)
Rhetoric, Ancient
Boodschappers.
Vertelkunst.
Tragedies.
Grieks.
Litteratur > Klassiske litteraturer.
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Aeschylus' Persians: the messenger and epic narrative
  • The literary messenger, the tragic messenger
  • Euripides' Bacchae: the spectator in the text
  • Homer and the art of fiction in Sophocles' Electra
  • Rhesos and poetic tradition.

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