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Autore |
Goldhill Simon |
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Titolo |
Sophocles and the language of tragedy [[electronic resource] /] / Simon Goldhill |
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New York ; ; Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012 |
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©2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-997882-4 |
1-280-59480-2 |
9786613624635 |
0-19-979632-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (303 pages) |
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Collana |
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The Onassis series in Hellenic culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Tragedy |
Tragic, The |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285), glossary, and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Entrances and exits -- SECTION I: 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 Sophoclean tragedy -- 5. The chorus in action -- SECTION II: 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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This title presents a revolutionary take on Sophocles' tragic language and how our understanding of tragedy is shaped by our literary past. The book explores Sophocles' distinctive brilliance as a dramatist while investigating how the 19th-century critics developed a specific understanding of tragedy. |
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