LEADER 04446nam 22006375 450 001 996247990703316 005 20230213215144.0 010 $a0-8014-6671-7 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801466717 035 $a(CKB)3170000000065225 035 $a(MH)004629865-7 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000986385 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11527668 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986385 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10937294 035 $a(PQKB)10607236 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00071658 035 $a(DE-B1597)535287 035 $a(OCoLC)1076663826 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801466717 035 $a(dli)HEB31709 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000012937907 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000065225 100 $a20190904d1978 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA Study of Sophoclean Drama /$fG. M. Kirkwood 210 1$aIthaca, NY :$cCornell University Press,$d[1978] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 308 p. ) 225 0 $aCornell Studies in Classical Philology ;$v31 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8014-8241-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-300) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface to the Paperback Edition --$tPreface --$tCHAPTER I. Introduction --$tCHAPTER II. Construction --$tCHAPTER III. Character Portrayal --$tCHAPTER IV. The Role of the Chorus --$tCHAPTER V. Some Notes on Diction --$tCHAPTER VI. The Irony of Sophocles --$tAPPENDIX. On the Approximate Date of The Trachinian Women --$tBibliographical Note --$tBibliographical Note to the Paperback Edition --$tIndex 330 $aAlthough many commentators have dealt with various aspects of structure in Sophoclean drama, G. M. Kirkwood contends that "Sophocles' mastery of dramatic form is accepted with casual and superficial deference rather than fully and clearly understood." This book shows how Sophocles' method of presenting character, his unique handling of myth, his predilection for presenting ideas by comparison and contrast, and his principles of structure are so closely related that they serve to clarify each other. In an analysis of the form of Sophocles' seven extant plays, Kirkwood demonstrates the existence of several deliberate and distinct types of dramatic construction. Sophocles' use of the chorus, his irony, and certain aspects of diction are considered as a part of his dramatic art and as elements of structure. Kirkwood discusses a number of traditional problems, among them questions of consistency and meaning in passages from Ajax, Antigone, and Electra. He also considers the problem of "diptych" structure, and shows that it is a definite dramatic shape, of primary importance in understanding the three plays in which it appears. Distinctive Sophoclean concepts in which the words eugenes and daimon are conspicuous, the meaning of tragedy in relation to Sophocles' plays, and Sophocles' outlook on deity and on man and his fate are also subjects of illuminating discussions. This book offers ample evidence to support Kirkwood's contention that, "Only when we inquire into the means by which Sophocles invests his plays with their constant air not only of relevance but of immediacy do we begin to understand Sophoclean form. "For the paperback edition of this classic study of Sophoclean poetics, the author has written a new preface that assesses the reception of his work and has updated the bibliography to include more recent scholarship. 410 0$aCornell studies in classical philology ;$v31. 606 $aMythology, Greek, in literature 606 $aTragedy 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical$2bisacsh 615 0$aMythology, Greek, in literature. 615 0$aTragedy. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. 676 $a882/.01 686 $aFH 22984$2rvk 700 $aKirkwood$b G. M.$0664284 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996247990703316 996 $aStudy of sophoclean drama$91309463 997 $aUNISA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress