LEADER 03145nam 22006612 450 001 9910462353003321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-139-41119-5 010 $a1-107-22570-1 010 $a1-280-68287-6 010 $a1-139-42255-3 010 $a9786613659811 010 $a1-139-41953-6 010 $a0-511-84277-5 010 $a1-139-42158-1 010 $a1-139-41748-7 010 $a1-139-42362-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000203849 035 $a(EBL)907123 035 $a(OCoLC)794663481 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000656268 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11955698 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000656268 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10631528 035 $a(PQKB)10725768 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511842771 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC907123 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL907123 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10568372 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL365981 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000203849 100 $a20101026d2012|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGreek tragic style $eform, language, and interpretation /$fR.B. Rutherford$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 471 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-47075-7 311 $a0-521-84890-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGenre: form, structure and mode -- Words, themes and names -- The imagery of Greek tragedy -- The dramatists at work: spoken verse -- The dramatists at work: lyrics -- The characters of Greek tragedy -- The irony of Greek tragedy -- The wisdom of Greek tragedy. 330 $aGreek tragedy is widely read and performed, but outside the commentary tradition detailed study of the poetic style and language of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides has been relatively neglected. This book seeks to fill that gap by providing an account of the poetics of the tragic genre. The author describes the varied handling of spoken dialogue and of lyric song; major topics such as vocabulary, rhetoric and imagery are considered in detail and illustrated from a broad range of plays. The contribution of the chorus to the dramas is also discussed. Characterisation, irony and generalising statements are treated in separate chapters and these topics are illuminated by comparisons which show not only what is shared by the three major dramatists but also what distinguishes their practice. The book sheds light both on the genre as a whole and on many particular passages. 606 $aGreek drama$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPoetics$xHistory$yTo 1500 615 0$aGreek drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPoetics$xHistory 676 $a882/.0109 700 $aRutherford$b R. B.$0108358 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462353003321 996 $aGreek tragic style$92449854 997 $aUNINA