Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780192897800 |
| ISBN10: | 0192897802 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 160 pages |
| Size: | 174x111 mm |
| Language: | English |
| 700 |
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Sophocles
A Very Short Introduction
Series:
Very Short Introductions;
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Date of Publication: 27 February 2025
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Short description:
This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Sophocles the Athenian, placing his plays within their historical context, and explaining the conventions of ancient Greek tragic theatre.
Long description:
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Sophocles the Athenian.
Placing his plays within their historical context, and explaining the conventions of ancient Greek tragic theatre, Edith Hall spotlights their distinctive features-tight plots, titanic personalities, lucid style, sympathetic women, exquisite poetry, and stagecraft. This analysis is followed by an account of how and why Sophoclean dramas have survived to be read and widely performed into the twenty-first century.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Sophocles the Athenian.
Placing his plays within their historical context, and explaining the conventions of ancient Greek tragic theatre, Edith Hall spotlights their distinctive features-tight plots, titanic personalities, lucid style, sympathetic women, exquisite poetry, and stagecraft. This analysis is followed by an account of how and why Sophoclean dramas have survived to be read and widely performed into the twenty-first century.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Map
Sophocles' Life
Sophoclean Tragedy
The Limits of Freewill: Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone
Athenian Mythmaking: Ajax and Oedipus at Colonus
Retribution and Rage: Electra and Philoctetes
Sex, Settings & Soundscapes: Women of Trachis and Trackers
Sophocles' Afterlives
Further Reading
Map
Sophocles' Life
Sophoclean Tragedy
The Limits of Freewill: Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone
Athenian Mythmaking: Ajax and Oedipus at Colonus
Retribution and Rage: Electra and Philoctetes
Sex, Settings & Soundscapes: Women of Trachis and Trackers
Sophocles' Afterlives
Further Reading