Staged Narrative: Poetics and the Messenger in Greek Tragedy by James Barrett

Staged Narrative: Poetics and the Messenger in Greek Tragedy

James Barrett

274 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

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The messenger who reports important action that has occurred offstage is a familiar inhabitant of Greek tragedy. A messenger informs us about the death of Jocasta and the blinding of Oedipus, the madness of Heracles, the slaughter of Aigisthos, an...

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