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Sophocles & Language of Tragedy Olhc C
Contributor(s): Goldhill (Author)
ISBN: 0199796270     ISBN-13: 9780199796274
Publisher: Academic
OUR PRICE:   $67.45  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Drama
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
Dewey: 882.01
LCCN: 2011023273
Series: Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.15 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Publisher Description:
Written by one of the best-known interpreters of classical literature today, Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy presents a revolutionary take on the work of this great classical playwright and on how our understanding of tragedy has been shaped by our literary past. Simon Goldhill sheds new
light on Sophocles' distinctive brilliance as a dramatist, illuminating such aspects of his work as his manipulation of irony, his construction of dialogue, and his deployment of the actors and the chorus. Goldhill also investigates how nineteenth-century critics like Hegel, Nietzsche, and Wagner
developed a specific understanding of tragedy, one that has shaped our current approach to the genre. Finally, Goldhill addresses one of the foundational questions of literary criticism: how historically self-conscious should a reading of Greek tragedy be? The result is an invigorating and exciting
new interpretation of the most canonical of Western authors.