A study of Sophoclean drama : with a new preface and enlarged bibliographical note / G.M. Kirkwood.
- Kirkwood, G. M. (Gordon MacDonald), 1916-2007
- Date:
- 1994
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Description
A study in the dramatic methods of Sophocles, especially in the revelation of character, as the primary essence of Sophocles' art.
Publication/Creation
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1994.
Physical description
xviii, 308 pages ; 23 cm.
Contents
I. Introduction -- II. Construction -- General Patterns of Structure -- The Diptych Plays -- Oedipus Tyrannus and the Later Plays -- Restriction -- Oracles and Dramaturgy -- Dramatic Rhythm and Scene Building -- III. Character Portrayal -- Character and Dramatic Structure -- Ajax -- The Trachinian Women -- Antigone -- Oedipus Tyrannus -- Electra -- Philoctetes -- Oedipus at Colonus -- Some Problems of Psychology -- The Character of the Tragic Hero -- IV. The Role of the Chorus -- V. Some Notes on Diction -- VI. The Irony of Sophocles -- Appendix: On the Approximate Date of The Trachinian Women.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-300) and indexes.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.