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Sophocles' Antigone
SophoclesThis modern retelling of the story, best known through Sophocles' drama, is enhanced by original illustrations in the style of ancient Greek art silk-screened on handmade paper.
Brill's Companion to Sophocles
PreviewBrill's Companion to Sophocles offers 32 chapters, newly commissioned and written by leading scholars, on Sophocles' life and works, as well as upon the basic historical, social, intellectual, moral, philosophical and religious issues of ...
A Companion to Sophocles
Kirk OrmandIn Sophocles' tragedies, married life – and the action or “business” of marriage – seems to be inherently unhappy. Unhappy marriage is, of course, the stuff of drama, then and now, but Sophocles depicts in his tragedies a starkly bleak view of ...
Sophocles: An Interpretation
R. P. Winnington-IngramA series of interconnected studies which analyze the seven surviving tragedies by Sophocles.
A Companion to Sophocles
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Oedipus the King
SophoclesStephen Berg--a distinguished poet--and Diskin Clay--an eminent classicist--combine their talents to offer a dazzling and original version of Sophocles' timeless work.
Electra
SophoclesSophocles presents this story as a savage though necessary act of vengeance, vividly depicting Electra's grief, anger, and exultation.
Sophocles' Oedipus the King
Sirish RaoPresents a retelling of Sophocles' tragic drama about the downfall of Oedipus.
Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy
Simon GoldhillThe book explores Sophocles' distinctive brilliance as a dramatist while investigating how the 19th-century critics developed a specific understanding of tragedy.
Antigone
SophoclesIn this new edition of Sophocles' tragedy Antigone, Mark Griffith combines sophisticated literary and cultural interpretation with close attention to language, meter, and issues of performance, and thus makes the play more fully available ...
Tragedy and Civilization: An Interpretation of Sophocles
Charles SegalTragedy and Civilization begins with a study of these themes and then proceeds to detailed discussions of each of the seven plays. For this edition Segal also provides a new preface discussing recent developments in the study of Sophocles.
Electra
Nick PayneThis is a haunting new version by Nick Payne of Sophocles’ tragic masterpiece, Electra. ‘Nick Payne’s urgent new version of Sophocles' Electra is another in a long line of boundary breaking offerings.
A Commentary on the Complete Greek Tragedies--Aeschylus
James C. HoganForthcoming volumes will cover the works of Sophocles and Euripides.
The Plays of Sophocles
Thomas FrancklinWe are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
School Lectures on the Electra of Sophocles and MacBeth
Arthur Herman GilkesThis scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Sophocles and the Tragedy of Athenian Democracy
Josh BeerIllustrates how the theatre and Sophoclean tragedy, in particular, was crucial to the life and politics of the time.
Antigone
SophoclesFor readers, actors, students, teachers, and theatrical directors, this affordable paperback edition of one of the greatest plays in the history of the western world provides the best combination of contemporary, powerful language, along ...
Electra
SophoclesTen years on, bound by grief and unwilling to forgive, Electra surrenders to an all consuming desire for revenge that propels her toward a bloody and terrifying conclusion.
Great Poets & Playwrights
Britannica Educational PublishingThis captivating collection of biographies profiles some of the greatest writers of poetry and drama, from Aeschylus to Diane Ackerman, Sophocles to David Mamet.
How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today
Simon Goldhill"[E]xplains how Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles conceived their works in performance and then summarizes everything we know about how their tragedies were actually staged.... [T]ackles the six major problems facing any company ...
Costume in Greek Classic Drama
Iris BrookeThis work describes how performers were dressed in plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and explains how the actors' performances influenced the cut of their costumes. 53 black-and-white illustrations.
Frames of Deceit
Peter JohnsonAlthough this is a work of political philosophy it is distinctive in examining three literary texts--Sophocles' Philoctetes, Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, and Zola's Thérèse Raquin--in order to deepen our understanding of the place ...
Greek Drama
Gwen HunterCovers the development of Greek drama from early religious festivals through to the comedies of Aristophanes and the tragedies of Sophocles.
Sophocles And the Greek Language: Aspects on Diction, Syntax ...
PreviewTHE MAN BEHIND THE BOOKS Jan Maarten Bremer It is not my intention to present a retrospective assessment of Kamerbeek's performance as a scholar. That has been done respectfully, though not uncritically, by Stefan Radt in Gnomon 72 ...
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