Download or read book Staged Narrative written by James Barrett and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-08-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining several critical approaches - narrative theory, genre study, and rhetorical analysis - this lucid and sophisticated study develops a synthetic view of the messenger of Greek tragedy, showing how this role illuminates some of the genre's most persistent concerns, especially those relating to language, knowledge, and the workings of tragic theater itself.".