| Sophocles: Ajax Contributor(s): Hesk, Jon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0715630474 ISBN-13: 9780715630471 Publisher: Bristol Classical Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2003 Annotation: Sophocles??? Ajax is one of the most disturbing and powerful surviving ancient tragedies. But it is also difficult to understand and interpret. What are we to make of its protagonist??'s extremism? Does Ajax deserve the isolation and divine punishment he experiences? Why is his state of mind so difficult to determine? Dr Hesk offers answers to these and many other questions by drawing together the very latest critical work on the play and introducing the reader to key frames for its interpretation, including Sophoclean heroism, language and form; Homeric intertextuality and Athens??? ???masculinist??? culture, and the twentieth-century reception of Ajax. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Foreign Language Study | Ancient Languages (see Also Latin) - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 882.01 |
| Series: Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.36" W x 8.5" (0.58 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sophocles' Ajax is one of the most disturbing and powerful surviving ancient tragedies. But it is also difficult to understand and interpret. What are we to make of its protagonist's extremism? Does Ajax deserve the isolation and divine punishment he experiences? Why is his state of mind so difficult to determine? This book offers answers to these and many other questions by drawing together the very latest critical work on the play and introducing the reader to key frames for its interpretation, including Sophoclean heroism, language and form; Homeric intertextuality and Athens' 'masculinist' culture, and the twentieth-century reception of Ajax. |