Hellenic Whispers Modes of Greek Literary Influence in Seventeenth-Century French Drama |
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| Author:
| Phillippo, Susanna |
| Series title: | Medieval and Early Modern French Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-3-0353-0539-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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This book builds a picture of how Greek literature was reworked by the authors of seventeenth-century French tragedy. The text explores the complex interactions surrounding these adaptations, involving the input of scribes, editors, translators and earlier authors, and asks the important question of what these dramatists conceived of themselves as doing.
This book builds a picture of how Greek literature was reworked by the authors of seventeenth-century French tragedy. The text explores the complex interactions surrounding these adaptations, involving the input of scribes, editors, translators and earlier authors, and asks the important question of what these dramatists conceived of themselves as doing.