Download or read book Metapoetry in Euripides written by Isabelle Torrance and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed study of the self-conscious narrative devices within Euripidean drama and how these are interwoven with issues of thematic importance, social, theological, or political. Torrance argues that Euripides employed a complex system of metapoetic strategies in order to draw the audience's attention to the novelty of his compositions.