Tragedies of Sophocles (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781904675723)

This book provides separate discussions of each of Sophocles' seven plays: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. It sets these between an essay that outlines modern approaches to Greek tragedy and a final chapter that spotlights a key moment in the reception of each work. Focusing on the tragedies' dramatic power and the challenges with which they confront an audience, Morwood refuses to confine them within a supposedly Sophoclean template. They are seven unique works, only alike in the fact that they are all major masterpieces.Focusing on the tragedies' dramatic power and the challenges with which they confront an audience, Morwood refuses to confine them within a supposedly Sophoclean template. They are seven unique works, only alike in the fact that they are all major masterpieces.

Author: James Morwood
ISBN-10: 1904675727
ISBN-13: 9781904675723
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/09/2008
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d