Euripides and Quotation Culture

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Halftitle page
Classical Literature and Society
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Preface
1 ‘Awfully Full of Quotations’
	A chapter-by-chapter summary
	The afterlife of a quotation
	The eclectic reader
	The excerptable text
	Parts, wholes and paratextuality
	Conclusions
2 Quotation Marks and Framing Devices
	Opening lines
	Closing lines
	Position within a scene, speech or song
	Maxims introduced by φεῦ
	Apostrophe
	‘Listen carefully . . .’
	Universality of perspective
	Labels
	Serial maxims
	Conclusions
3 How to Quote from Books You Haven’t Read
	A ‘minimalist’ approach
	A ‘maximalist’ approach
	The portable Aeolus
	Conclusions
4 Quotations in the Theatre
	‘Invisible’ quotations
	Comedians on the habit of quotation
	Conclusions
5 Quotations in the Classroom
	Learning the basics
	Plutarch on the educational use of poetry
	Longinus’ museum of quotations
	Christian education and pagan texts
	Conclusions
6 Quotation as Performance
	Performing Euripides in the lawcourt
	Showing off at the symposium
	Conclusions
7 Quotations and Life
	Quotations as autobiography
	Euripides in the lives of others
	Euripides in everyday life
	Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index