Euripides and quotation culture

• Verfasst von: Wright, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Euripides and quotation culture
• Verf.angabe: Matthew Wright
• Verlagsort: London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Jahr: 2024
• Umfang: 213 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Classical literature and society
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-350-44117-0
• Schlagwörter: (p)Euripides / (s)Rezeption / (s)Zitat
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Wright, Matthew: Euripides and quotation culture. - 1. - New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024 |(DLC)2023055270
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Wright, Matthew: Euripides and Quotation Culture. - 1st ed.. - London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024. - 1 Online-Ressource (225 Seiten)
• K10plus-PPN: 1882539923

Abstract

"Presenting a new approach to Euripides' plays, this book explores the playwright's ancient tragedies in relation to quotation culture. Treating extant works and lost works side-by-side, Matthew Wright presents a selective survey of ways in which Euripidean tragedy was quoted within antiquity, both in social contexts (on the comic stage, at symposia, in law courts, in education) and in different literary genres (drama, biography, oratory, philosophy, literary scholarship, history and anthologies). There is also a discussion of the connection between quotability and classic status, where Wright asks what quotations can tell us about ancient reading habits. The implication is that Euripides actively participated in quotation culture by deliberately making certain portions of his plays stand out as especially quotable"--