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200 10$aStaged narrative$b[electronic resource] $epoetics and the messenger in Greek tragedy /$fJames Barrett
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2002
215   $a1 online resource (277 p.)
225 1 $aThe Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-520-23180-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-238) and index.
327   $aIntroduction -- 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.
330   $aThe messenger who reports important action that has occurred offstage is a familiar inhabitant of Greek tragedy. A messenger informs us about the death of Jocasta and the blinding of Oedipus, the madness of Heracles, the slaughter of Aigisthos, and the death of Hippolytus, among other important events. Despite its prevalence, this conventional figure remains only little understood. Combining several critical approaches-narrative theory, genre study, and rhetorical analysis-this lucid study develops a synthetic view of the messenger of Greek tragedy, showing how this role illuminates some of the genre's most persistent concerns, especially those relating to language, knowledge, and the workings of tragic theater itself. James Barrett gives close readings of several plays including Aeschylus's Persians, Sophocles' Electra and Oedipus Tyrannus, and Euripides' Bacchae and Rhesos. He traces the literary ancestry of the tragic messenger, showing that the messenger's narrative constitutes an unexplored site of engagement with Homeric epic, and that the role illuminates fifth-century b.c. experimentation with modes of speech. Breaking new ground in the study of Athenian tragedy, Barrett deepens our understanding of many central texts and of a form of theater that highlights the fragility and limits of human knowledge, a theme explored by its use of the messenger.
410  0$aJoan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
606   $aGreek drama (Tragedy)$xHistory and criticism
606   $aMessengers in literature
606   $aNarration (Rhetoric)
606   $aRhetoric, Ancient
610   $aachilles.
610   $aaeschylus.
610   $aancient greece.
610   $aancient world.
610   $aarete.
610   $aathenian tragedy.
610   $abacchae.
610   $aclassicism.
610   $adrama.
610   $aelectra.
610   $aepic.
610   $aepistemology.
610   $aeuripides.
610   $agenre study.
610   $agods and goddesses.
610   $agreek tragedy.
610   $ahellenism.
610   $ahomer.
610   $ahomeric epic.
610   $ahubris.
610   $ahuman knowledge.
610   $aliterary ancestry.
610   $aliterary criticism.
610   $aliterature.
610   $amessenger.
610   $amythology.
610   $anarrative poetics.
610   $anarrative theory.
610   $anonfiction.
610   $aoedipus rex.
610   $aoedipus tyrannus.
610   $aoedipus.
610   $aperforming arts.
610   $apersians.
610   $apoetry.
610   $arhesos.
610   $arhetoric.
610   $arhetorical analysis.
610   $asophocles.
610   $atheater.
610   $atragedy.
610   $atragic messenger.
615  0$aGreek drama (Tragedy)$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aMessengers in literature.
615  0$aNarration (Rhetoric)
615  0$aRhetoric, Ancient.
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