Tragedy's end : closure and innovation in Euripidean drama / Francis M. Dunn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunn, Francis M., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Originality (Aesthetics).

Closure (Rhetoric).

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Euripides--Criticism and interpretation.

Local Subjects:

Euripides--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work argues that artificial endings in Euripides reinforce innovations in plot and ending. After exploring the playwright's novel closing gestures, the book offers readings of plot, ending and generic innovation in six of Euripides' plays.

Contents:

Contents; 1 Introduction; I: Closing Gestures; II: The End Refigured; III: The Ends of Tragedy; Notes; Works Cited; Index of Euripidean Passages; General Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770541-3

1-280-44355-3

0-19-534477-4

1-60256-624-0

OCLC:

191038490