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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813909803321

Autore

Dunn Francis M.

Titolo

Tragedy's end : closure and innovation in Euripidean drama / / Francis M. Dunn [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-770541-3

1-280-44355-3

0-19-534477-4

1-60256-624-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

882/.01

Soggetti

Greek drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism

Originality (Aesthetics)

Closure (Rhetoric)

Rhetoric, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; I: Closing Gestures; II: The End Refigured; III: The Ends of Tragedy; Notes; Works Cited; Index of Euripidean Passages; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work argues that artificial endings in Euripides reinforce innovations in plot and ending. After exploring the playwright's novel closing gestures, the book offers readings of plot, ending and generic innovation in six of Euripides' plays.