Euripides, Alexandros : introduction, text and commentary / by Ioanna Karamanou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karamanou, Ioanna, author.

Contributor:

Karamanou, Ioanna, editor.

Series:

Texte und Kommentare ; 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Euripides. Alexander.

Euripides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is the first full-scale commentary on Euripides' Alexandros, which is one of the best preserved fragmentary tragedies. It yields insight into aspects of Euripidean style, ideology and dramatic technique (e.g. rhetoric, stagecraft and imagery) and addresses textual and philological matters, on the basis of a re-inspection of the papyrus fragments. This book offers a reconstruction of the play and an investigation of issues of characterization, staging, textual transmission and reception, not least because Alexandros has enjoyed a fascinating Nachleben in literary, dramaturgical and performative terms. It also contributes to the readers' understanding of the trends of later Euripidean drama, especially the dramatist's innovation and experimentation with plot-patterns and staging conventions. Furthermore, the analysis of Alexandros could stimulate a more comprehensive reading of the extant Trojan Women coming from the same production, which bears the features of a 'connected trilogy'. Thus, the information retrieved through the interrogation of the rich fragmentary material serves to supplement and contextualize the extant tragic corpus, showcasing the vitality and multiformity of Euripidean drama as a whole.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

Text

Testimonia

Fragmenta

Fragmenta incertae sedis

Fragments of uncertain location

Fragmenta quae probabiliter ad Euripidis Alexandrum pertinent

Fragments probably belonging to Euripides' Alexandros

Commentary

Appendix

Bibliography

General Index

Index of Passages Discussed

Plates

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110536188

3110536188

OCLC:

1020031382