Euripides, "Alexandros"

Introduction, Text and Commentary
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-11-053402-3
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 57, 381 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 723 g

Reihe: Texte und Kommentare

This is the first full-scale commentary on Euripides’ , 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 has enjoyed a fascinating 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 could stimulate a more comprehensive reading of the extant 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.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in Greek drama and its reception.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karamanou, Ioanna

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Editionen, Kritische Editionen

Über Autor(innen)

Ioanna Karamanou , University of the Peloponnese, Nafplio, Greece.