02697nam 2200673 450 991045032110332120200520144314.01-280-44355-30-19-534477-41-60256-624-0(CKB)1000000000033352(EBL)241520(OCoLC)191038490(SSID)ssj0000261102(PQKBManifestationID)11217333(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261102(PQKBWorkID)10225328(PQKB)11510247(MiAaPQ)EBC241520(MiAaPQ)EBC4701382(Au-PeEL)EBL4701382(CaPaEBR)ebr11273149(OCoLC)821688735(EXLCZ)99100000000003335220161011h19961996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTragedy's end closure and innovation in Euripidean drama /Francis M. DunnNew York, New York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1996.©19961 online resource (263 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-508344-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; 1 Introduction; I: Closing Gestures; II: The End Refigured; III: The Ends of Tragedy; Notes; Works Cited; Index of Euripidean Passages; General IndexEuripides is a notoriously problematic and controversial playwright whose innovations, according to Nietzsche, brought Greek tragedy to an early death. Dunn here argues that the infamous and artificial endings in Euripides deny the viewer access to a stable or authoritative reading of the play, while innovations in plot and ending opened tragedy up to a medley of comic, parodic, and narrative impulses. Part One explores the dramatic and metadramatic uses of novel closing gestures, such as aetiology, closing prophecy, exit lines of the chorus, and deus ex machina. Part Two shows how experimentaMythology, Greek, in literatureOriginality (Aesthetics)Closure (Rhetoric)Rhetoric, AncientTragedyElectronic books.Mythology, Greek, in literature.Originality (Aesthetics)Closure (Rhetoric)Rhetoric, Ancient.Tragedy.882/.01Dunn Francis M.169426MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450321103321Tragedy's end490375UNINA