Sophocles and the language of tragedy

This title presents a revolutionary take on Sophocles' tragic language and how our understanding of tragedy is shaped by our literary past. The book explores Sophocles' distinctive brilliance as a dramatist while investigating how the 19th-century critics developed a specific understanding...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldhill, Simon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2012, 2012
Series:Onassis series in Hellenic culture / Onassis series in Hellenic culture
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This title presents a revolutionary take on Sophocles' tragic language and how our understanding of tragedy is shaped by our literary past. The book explores Sophocles' distinctive brilliance as a dramatist while investigating how the 19th-century critics developed a specific understanding of tragedy
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199932870