| Silent Witness: Racine's Non-Verbal Annotations of Euripides Contributor(s): Phillippo, Susanna (Author) |
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ISBN: 1900755610 ISBN-13: 9781900755610 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $32.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: In her study of Racine's annotations of Euripides' tragedies, Phillippo examines the ways in which the creative process linking these two writers may have worked. She concentrates on the largely unexplored and hitherto mostly unpublished evidence supplied by 'non-verbal' aspects of the annotations: the marking of lines and passages by underlining, brackets, etc. Such markings cover a greater proportion of Euripides' plays than Racine's somewhat limited 'verbal' comments, and though more enigmatic than the verbal notes, they suggest how Racine probably understood the Greek 'originals', and the qualities of the Greek dramatist to which he appears to have responded most readily. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Literary Criticism | Renaissance |
| Dewey: 842.4 |
| Series: Research Monographs in French Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.58" W x 8.5" (0.74 lbs) 230 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This is an examination of the influence of the plays of Euripides on the French tragedian Racine, gleaned from Racine's markings on the texts. In her study, Phillippo examines the way in which the creative processes linking the two writers may have worked. She concentrates on the largely unexplored evidence supplied by "non-verbal" aspects of the annotations: the markings of lines and passages by underlining, brackets, etc. Such markings suggest how Racine probably understood the Greek "originals", and reveal the qualities of the Greek dramatist to which the French writer appears to have responded. |
