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Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy (Hardcover)
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Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy (Hardcover)
Series: Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture
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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.
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