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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455571403321

Autore

Segal Charles <1936->

Titolo

Sophocles' tragic world [[electronic resource] ] : divinity, nature, society / / Charles Segal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-674-04342-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288p.)

Disciplina

882.01

Soggetti

Greek drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism

Religious drama, Greek - History and criticism

Literature and society - Greece

Gods, Greek, in literature

Nature in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface Introduction Drama and Perspective in Ajax Myth, Poetry, and Heroic Values in the Trachinian Women Time, Oracles, and Marriage in the Trachinian Women Philoctetes and the Imperishable Piety Lament and Closure in Antigone Time and Knowledge in the Tragedy of Oedipus Freud, Language, and the Unconscious The Gods and the Chorus: Zeus in Oedipus Tyrannus Earth in Oedipus Tyrannus Abbreviations Notes Index

Sommario/riassunto

Much has been written about the heroic figure of Sophocles' powerful dramas. In a series of engagingly written interconnected essays, Segal studies 5 of his 7 plays. His analysis sheds new light on them and their implications.