A study of Sophoclean drama with a new preface and enlarged bibliographical note / [electronic resource] :
G.M. Kirkwood.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1994.
- xviii, 308 p. ; 23 cm.
- Cornell studies in classical philology ; v. 31 .
- Cornell studies in classical philology ; v. 31. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-300) and indexes.
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.
A study in the dramatic methods of Sophocles, especially in the revelation of character, as the primary essence of Sophocles' art.