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A Companion to Sophocles
Contributor(s): Ormand, Kirk (Editor)
ISBN: 1405187263     ISBN-13: 9781405187268
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $244.10  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
- Drama | Ancient & Classical
Dewey: 882.01
LCCN: 2011034659
Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.9" W x 9.8" (2.46 lbs) 624 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Publisher Description:
A Companion to Sophocles presents the first comprehensive collection of essays in decades to address all aspects of the life, works, and critical reception of Sophocles.

  • First collection of its kind to provide introductory essays to the fragments of his lost plays and to the remaining fragments of one satyr-play, the Ichneutae, in addition to each of his extant tragedies
  • Features new essays on Sophoclean drama that go well beyond the current state of scholarship on Sophocles
  • Presents readings that historicize Sophocles in relation to the social, cultural, and intellectual world of fifth century Athens
  • Seeks to place later interpretations and adaptations of Sophocles in their historical context
  • Includes essays dedicated to issues of gender and sexuality; significant moments in the history of interpreting Sophocles; and reception of Sophocles by both ancient and modern playwrights