Thésée’s Imprecation: rhetoric and dramaturgy from Euripides to Racine

This article explores the nature of imprecation as a figure of speech and the different ways it can be embedded into a dramatic context. It does so by examining occurrences of imprecation in plays from Euripides to Racine that deal with the story of Theseus, Phaedra and Hippolytus – a story that hin...

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Главный автор: Hawcroft, M
Формат: Journal article
Опубликовано: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag 2018
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Итог:This article explores the nature of imprecation as a figure of speech and the different ways it can be embedded into a dramatic context. It does so by examining occurrences of imprecation in plays from Euripides to Racine that deal with the story of Theseus, Phaedra and Hippolytus – a story that hinges on imprecation.