| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 235 pages). |
| Series |
Cornell studies in classical philology
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Cornell studies in classical philology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Euripides's poetic game and law of composition -- Anthropomorphism -- The protection of the self and the role of sophia -- Some connotations of sophia -- Polyneikes' truth -- Hecuba's rhetoric -- Eros in Euripides's poetics : sex as the cause of the Trojan War -- The lewd gaze of the eye -- The power of love : who is Aphrodite? -- Phaedra -- Hermione : the Andromache -- Female victims of war : The Troades -- Survival in poetry -- Figures of metalepsis : the invention of literature -- The failure of politics in Euripides's poetics : politics in Suppliant women -- Political philosophy : a universal program of peace and progress -- How to deliberate a war -- Democracy and monarchy -- The battle -- The rescue of the corpses -- Return to arms -- The polis's loss of control and authority -- The Bacchants' gospel and the Greek city -- Pentheus and Tiresias -- Dionysus' revenge : first round -- Revenge prepares its murderous weapons -- Initiation and sacrifice -- Victory and defeat -- Euripides's poetry. |
| Summary |
This work explores Euripides's revolutionary literary art. While scholars have long pointed to subversive elements in Euripides's plays, this book goes a step further in identifying a Euripidean program of enlightened thought enacted through carefully wrought textual strategies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Gods, Greek, in literature.
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Anthropomorphism in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Title |
Euripides's revolution under cover |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Pucci, Pietro. Euripides's revolution under cover. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016 9781501700613 (DLC) 2015036262 (OCoLC)921926760 |
| ISBN |
9781501704055 (electronic bk.) |
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1501704052 (electronic bk.) |
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9781501700613 |
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1501700618 |
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