| Tragedy and Civilization Revised Edition Contributor(s): Segal, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806131365 ISBN-13: 9780806131368 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $32.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1999 Annotation: Drawing on comprehensive analyses of all of Sophocles' plays, Charles Segal examines Sophocles both as a great dramatic poet and as a serious thinker. He shows how Sophoclean tragedy reflects the human condition in its constant and tragic struggle for order and civilized life against the ever-present threat of savagery and chaotic violence. For this edition Segal also provides a new preface discussing recent developments in the study of Sophocles. "A very important book about Sophocles, one which uses new techniques of analysis. Everyone, including Sophoclean experts, can learn a very great deal from it". -- Bernard M. W. Knox, Professor Emeritus of Classics and Director Emeritus of the for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Ancient & Classical - Literary Criticism | Drama - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 882.01 |
| LCCN: 98-44168 |
| Physical Information: 1.21" H x 5.96" W x 9.27" (1.54 lbs) 528 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing on comprehensive analyses of all of Sophocles' plays, on structuralist anthropology, and on other extensive work on myth and tragedy, Charles Segal examines Sophocles both as a great dramatic poet and as a serious thinker. He shows how Sophoclean tragedy reflects the human condition in its constant and tragic struggle for order and civilized life against the ever-present threat of savagery and chaotic violence, both within society and within the individual. For this edition Segal also provides a new preface discussing recent developments in the study of Sophocles. |