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Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition

Editors:
Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge
Edith Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London

Paul Cartledge, Simon Goldhill, Edith Hall, Ismene Lada-Richards, Peter Burian, Chris Carey, Michael Silk, Fiona Macintosh, Kostas Valakas, Angus Bowie, Richard Buxton, Oliver Taplin, Chris Pelling

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Date Published: December 2011
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9781107404045

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This book contains thirteen essays by senior international experts on Greek tragedy looking at Sophocles' dramas. They reassess their crucial role in the creation of the tragic repertoire, in the idea of the tragic canon in antiquity, and in the making and infinite re-creation of the tragic tradition in the Renaissance and beyond. The introduction looks at the paradigm shifts during the twentieth century in the theory and practice of Greek theatre, in order to gain a perspective on the current state of play in Sophoclean studies. The following three sections explore respectively the way that Sophocles' tragedies provoked and educated their original Athenian democratic audience, the language, structure and lasting impact of his Oedipus plays, and the centrality of his oeuvre in the development of the tragic tradition in Aeschylus, Euripides, ancient philosophical theory, fourth-century tragedy and Shakespeare.
- World-class set of contributors reassess the state of play in studies of Sophocles
- Applies recently developed models of Greek tragedy to longstanding questions in classical scholarship
- Combines discussions of all Sophocles' surviving plays with a broad contextualisation of his work within and beyond antiquity
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Review of the hardback: '… a fine book, one that re-appraises Sophocles' legacy in a way that repays consideration.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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- Date Published: December 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107404045
- length: 354 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.47kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Notes on contributors
Foreword Paul Cartledge
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Sophocles: the state of play Simon Goldhill and Edith Hall
Part I. Between Audience and Actor:
2. The audience on stage: rhetoric, emotion, and judgement in Sophoclean theatre Simon Goldhill
3. 'The players will tell all': the dramatist, the actors and the art of acting in Sophocles' Philoctetes Ismene Lada-Richards
4. Deianeira deliberates: precipitate decision-making and Trachiniae Edith Hall
Part II. Oedipus and the Play of Meaning:
5. Inconclusive conclusion: the ending(s) of the Oedipus Tyrannus Peter Burian
6. The third stasimon of Oedipus at Colonus Chris Carey
7. The logic of the unexpected: semantic diversion in Sophocles, Yeats (and Virgil) Michael Silk
8. The French Oedipus of the inter-war period Fiona Macintosh
Part III. Constructing Tragic Traditions:
9. Theoretical views of Athenian tragedy in the 5th century BC Kostas Valakas
10. Athens and Delphi in Aeschylus' Oresteia Angus Bowie
11. Feminized males in Bacchae: the importance of discrimination Richard Buxton
12. Hektor's helmet glinting in a fourth-century tragedy Oliver Taplin
13. Seeing a Roman tragedy through Greek eyes: Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Chris Pelling
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Editors
Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge
Edith Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London
Contributors
Paul Cartledge, Simon Goldhill, Edith Hall, Ismene Lada-Richards, Peter Burian, Chris Carey, Michael Silk, Fiona Macintosh, Kostas Valakas, Angus Bowie, Richard Buxton, Oliver Taplin, Chris Pelling