The Tragedies of Sophocles

by James Morwood

Book Overview

This book provides separate discussions of each of Sophocles' seven plays: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. It sets these between an essay that outlines modern approaches to Greek tragedy and a final chapter that spotlights a key moment in the reception of each work. Focusing on the tragedies' dramatic power and the challenges with which they confront an audience, Morwood refuses to confine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904675727
• ISBN13: 9781904675723
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.3"