Bibliograph

A study of Sophoclean drama, with a new preface and enlarged bibliographical note, G.M. Kirkwood

Type

Label

A study of Sophoclean drama, with a new preface and enlarged bibliographical note, G.M. Kirkwood

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-300) and indexes

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A study of Sophoclean drama

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

thesesbibliography

Responsibility statement

G.M. Kirkwood

Series statement

Cornell studies in classical philology, v. 31

Sub title

with a new preface and enlarged bibliographical note

Summary

A study in the dramatic methods of Sophocles, especially in the revelation of character, as the primary essence of Sophocles' art

Table Of 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

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