1st Edition
Silent Witness Racine's Non-verbal Annotations of Euripides
By Susanna Phillippo
Copyright 2003
232 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Table of Annotations: Nature and Media of Racine’s Annotations in Aldine and Stephanus Editions of Euripides Introduction 1 Reading Practice 2 Racine as Reader: Patterns of Interest 3 Patterns of Inspiration (i): Racines ‘Indirect Sources’ 4 Patterns of Inspiration (ii): Racines Direct Adaptations, Conclusion, Appendix: Euripidean Passages Highlighted by Racine
Biography
Susanna Phillippo
