04036nam 2200721Ia 450 991096078770332120200520144314.09780674043428067404342110.4159/9780674043428(CKB)2520000000006972(StDuBDS)AH23050887(SSID)ssj0000428500(PQKBManifestationID)11277364(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428500(PQKBWorkID)10414212(PQKB)11211485(Au-PeEL)EBL3300771(CaPaEBR)ebr10362248(OCoLC)923117213(DE-B1597)574444(DE-B1597)9780674043428(MiAaPQ)EBC3300771(OCoLC)1294423682(Perlego)1148498(EXLCZ)99252000000000697219950330d1995 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSophocles' tragic world divinity, nature, society /Charles Segal1st ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press19951 online resource (xii, 276 pages)Originally published: 1995.9780674821002 0674821009 9780674821019 0674821017 Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-268) and index.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 IndexMuch has been written about the heroic figures of Sophocles' powerful dramas. Now Charles Segal focuses our attention not on individual heroes and heroines, but on the world that inspired and motivated their actions--a universe of family, city, nature, and the supernatural. He shows how these ancient masterpieces offer insight into the abiding question of tragedy: how one can make sense of a world that involves so much apparently meaningless violence and suffering. In a series of engagingly written interconnected essays, Segal studies five of Sophocles' seven extant plays: Ajax , Oedipus Tyrannus , Philoctetes , Antigone , and the often neglected Trachinian Women . He examines the language and structure of the plays from several interpretive perspectives, drawing both on traditional philological analysis and on current literary and cultural theory. He pays particular attention to the mythic and ritual backgrounds of the plays, noting Sophocles' reinterpretation of the ancient myths. His delineation of the heroes and their tragedies encompasses their relations with city and family, conflicts between men and women, defiance of social institutions, and the interaction of society, nature, and the gods. Segal's analysis sheds new light on Sophocles' plays--among the most widely read works of classical literature--and on their implications for Greek views on the gods, moral life, and sexuality.Greek drama (Tragedy)History and criticismReligious drama, GreekHistory and criticismLiterature and societyGreeceGods, Greek, in literatureNature in literatureGreek drama (Tragedy)History and criticism.Religious drama, GreekHistory and criticism.Literature and societyGods, Greek, in literature.Nature in literature.882.01Segal Charles1936-153616MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960787703321Sophocles' tragic world825031UNINA