Euripides' revolution under cover : an essay / Pietro Pucci.
| Author/creator | Pucci, Pietro author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016. |
| Description | 1 online resource (vi, 235 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | JSTOR |
| Subjects |
| Other title | Euripides's revolution under cover |
| Series | Cornell studies in classical philology Cornell studies in classical philology. ^A179994 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Pucci, Pietro. Euripides's revolution under cover. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016 9781501700613 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781501704055 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1501704052 (electronic bk.) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctt18kt7jr JSTOR |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |