Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy presents a revolutionary take on Sophocles' tragic language and how our understanding of tragedy is shaped by our literary past. Written by one of the best-known classicists working today, this book explores Sophocles' distinctive brilliance as a dramatist while investigating how the nineteenth-century critics developed a specific understanding of tragedy, one that has shaped our current understanding of the genre.
Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy presents a revolutionary take on Sophocles' tragic language and how our understanding of tragedy is shaped by our literary past. Written by one of the best-known classicists working today, this book explores Sophocles' distinctive brilliance as a dramatist while investigating how the nineteenth-century critics developed a specific understanding of tragedy, one that has shaped our current understanding of the genre.
Simon Goldhill is Professor of Greek Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge. His previous books include Jerusalem: City of Longing, How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today, and Reading Greek Tragedy.
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Introduction: Entrances and Exits Section 1: Tragic Language 1: Undoing: Lusis and the Analysis of Irony 2: The Audience on Stage: Rhetoric, Emotion and Judgment 3: Line for Line 4: Choreography: The Lyric Voice of Tragedy 5: The Chorus in Action Section 2: The Language of Tragedy 6: Generalizing about Tragedy 7: Generalizing about the Chorus 8: The Language of Tragedy and Modernity: How Electra Lost her Piety 9: Antigone and the Politics of Sisterhood: The Tragic Language of Sharing Coda: Reading With or Without Hegel: From Text to Script Glossary Bibliography
Introduction: Entrances and Exits Section 1: Tragic Language 1: Undoing: Lusis and the Analysis of Irony 2: The Audience on Stage: Rhetoric, Emotion and Judgment 3: Line for Line 4: Choreography: The Lyric Voice of Tragedy 5: The Chorus in Action Section 2: The Language of Tragedy 6: Generalizing about Tragedy 7: Generalizing about the Chorus 8: The Language of Tragedy and Modernity: How Electra Lost her Piety 9: Antigone and the Politics of Sisterhood: The Tragic Language of Sharing Coda: Reading With or Without Hegel: From Text to Script Glossary Bibliography
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