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Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2013. Hardcover. 0199657831 . Very light bumping to upper corners. DJ has laminate lifting to part rear lower edge. ; Metapoetry in Euripides is the first detailed study of the self-conscious literary devices applied within Euripidean drama and how these are interwoven with issues of thematic importance, whether social, theological, or political. In the volume, Torrance argues that Euripides employed a complex system of metapoetic strategies in order to draw the audience's attention to the novelty of his compositions. The metapoetic strategies discussed include intertextual allusions to earlier poetic texts (especially to Homer, Aeschylus and Sophocles) which are often developed around unusual and memorable language or imagery, deployment of recognizable trigger words referring to plot construction, novelties or secondary status, and self-conscious references to fiction implied through allusion to writing. Torrance also looks…
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Metapoetry in Euripides Hardcover - 2013 - 1st Edition
by Isabelle Torrance
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- Title Metapoetry in Euripides
- Author Isabelle Torrance
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 382
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford
- Date 2013-04
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780199657834 / 0199657831
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 8.6 x 5.6 x 1.1 in (21.84 x 14.22 x 2.79 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress subjects Poetics, Euripides - Criticism and interpretation
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