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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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:27b44b08-a507-4962-9722-750bd72cc1cc2022-03-26T12:08:31ZThésée’s Imprecation: rhetoric and dramaturgy from Euripides to RacineJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:27b44b08-a507-4962-9722-750bd72cc1ccSymplectic Elements at OxfordNarr Francke Attempto Verlag2018Hawcroft, MThis 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. |
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