Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition
ISBN-13:
9780521887854
ISBN-10:
0521887852
Edition:
1
Author:
Simon Goldhill, Edith Hall
Publication date:
2009
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Hardcover
354 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780521887854
ISBN-10:
0521887852
Edition:
1
Author:
Simon Goldhill, Edith Hall
Publication date:
2009
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Hardcover
354 pages
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Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition (ISBN-13: 9780521887854 and ISBN-10: 0521887852), written by authors
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This book contains thirteen essays by senior international experts on Greek tragedy looking at Sophocles' dramas. They reassess their crucial role in the creation of the tragic repertoire, in the idea of the tragic canon in antiquity, and in the making and infinite re-creation of the tragic tradition in the Renaissance and beyond. The introduction looks at the paradigm shifts during the twentieth century in the theory and practice of Greek theatre, in order to gain a perspective on the current state of play in Sophoclean studies. The following three sections explore respectively the way that Sophocles' tragedies provoked and educated their original Athenian democratic audience, the language, structure and lasting impact of his Oedipus plays, and the centrality of his oeuvre in the development of the tragic tradition in Aeschylus, Euripides, ancient philosophical theory, fourth-century tragedy and Shakespeare.
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