The Tragedies of Sophocles (Paperback)

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. 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. re-interpreted by later generations) deals with Milton's Samson Agonistes, the first Cambridge Greek play (Ajax), the Strauss/Hofmannsthal opera Elektra, Anouilh's Antigone, Pasolini's film Edipo Re, Seamus Heaney's The Cure at Troy (Philoctetes) and Martin Crimp's Cruel and Tender (Women of Trachis). critical survey of modern approaches to Greek tragedy. It focuses on reception of Sophoclean tragedy through the ages - a key concern of modern classical studies courses.

General

Imprint:	Bristol Phoenix Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Greece and Rome Live
Release date:	May 2008
First published:	July 2008
Authors:	James Morwood
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-1-904675-72-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
LSN:	1-904675-72-7
Barcode:	9781904675723

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