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Cover; GREEK TRAGIC STYLE: Form, Language and Interpretation; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Note on texts; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; I STARTING POINTS: THREE PASSAGES; II PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION (STYLE' AND OTHER TERMS); III ANCIENT AND MODERN STUDY OF THE SUBJECT; CHAPTER 2 Genre: form, structure and mode; I FORMAL DESCRIPTION; II HISTORICAL OUTLINE; III GENERIC APPROPRIATION AND DISTORTION; IV COMEDY AND TRAGEDY (PARATRAGIC AND SUB-TRAGIC PASSAGES); V PERCEPTIONS OF THE GENRE; CHAPTER 3 Words, themes and names. |
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I TRAGIC DICTION, SYNTAX AND STYLE IN THE PROLOGUE TO ANTIGONEII SETTING THE SCENE AND ESTABLISHING MOOD. KEY WORDS AND DOMINANT THEMES; III NAMES: USING, WITHHOLDING AND REVEALING THEM; IV FORMS OF ADDRESS; SOPHOCLES, PHILOCTETES; APPENDIX 1: VOCABULARY; APPENDIX 2: A NOTE ON ALLITERATION AND RELATED PHENOMENA; CHAPTER 4 The imagery of Greek tragedy; I INTRODUCTORY: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJECT; II RECURRING OR THEMATIC' IMAGERY IN THE ORESTEIA AND ELSEWHERE; III CENTRAL FIELDS OF TRAGIC IMAGERY; BORDER REGIONS BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, BRIDGED BY IMAGERY. |
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IV PERSONIFICATION, ESPECIALLY OF DIVINISED ENTITIESCHAPTER 5 The dramatists at work: spoken verse; I PRELIMINARIES; II LONG VERSUS SHORT; STICHOMYTHIA; III PROLOGUE; IV AGON; V MESSENGER SPEECH; CHAPTER 6 The dramatists at work: lyrics; I PRELIMINARIES: THE TRAGIC CHORUS; Form and structure; Language; Characterisation; Function; (a) Hymn/prayer; (b) Self-characterisation; (c) Response to events.; (d) Narrative; (e) Reflection; II THREE TRAGIC CHORAL SONGS (AESCHYLUS, AGAMEMNON, SOPHOCLES, ELECTRA, EURIPIDES, HIPPOLYTUS). |
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III TWO SONGS ON ATHENS (EURIPIDES, MEDEA, SOPHOCLES, OEDIPUS COLONEUS)IV SONG-SPEECH COMBINATIONS: A SURVEY; V MONODY. CREUSA'S MONODY IN EURIPIDES' ION; VI NEW MUSIC, NEW STYLES; VII LATE SOPHOCLEAN SONG: OEDIPUS COLONEUS; CHAPTER 7 The characters of Greek tragedy; I PROBLEMS AND APPROACHES; II CHARACTER TYPES, ESPECIALLY FEMALE; III THE WATCHMAN IN AESCHYLUS, AGAMEMNON; IV DECEPTIVE WOMEN: AESCHYLUS' CLYTEMNESTRA; SOPHOCLES' DEIANIRA; V NEOPTOLEMUS IN SOPHOCLES, PHILOCTETES; VI CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: EURIPIDES' HIPPOLYTUS; VII THE DRAMA OF INDECISION: MEDEA. |
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CHAPTER 8 The irony of Greek tragedyI IRONY AND RELATED TERMS; THE ROLE OF THE GODS; EPIC BACKGROUND; II MALIGN IRONY: SCENES OF ENTRAPMENT; III IGNORANCE AND RECOGNITION; IV DIVINE MANIPULATION AND HUMAN DOWNFALL; V DIONYSUS IN THE BACCHAE; APPENDIX: METATEXTUAL IRONY; CHAPTER 9 The wisdom of Greek tragedy; I THE GENERAL AND THE GNOMIC; II NOVELTY OF THOUGHT AND IDEAS; III QUESTIONS ABOUT DEITY; IV GRANDEUR OF EXPRESSION: AESCHYLUS, AGAMEMNON, SOPHOCLES, OEDIPUS COLONEUS; V GENERAL STATEMENTS IN SOPHOCLES, AJAX; CHAPTER 10 Epilogue; Bibliography; Select index of Greek words. |
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Index of topics. |
| Summary |
An exploration of the poetic qualities of the Greek tragic dramatists Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides highlighting their similarities and differences. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-445) and indexes. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Greek drama -- History and criticism.
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Greek drama. |
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Poetics -- History -- To 1500.
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Poetics. |
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History. |
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To 1500 |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rutherford, R.B. Greek Tragic Style : Form, Language and Interpretation. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9780521848909 |
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9781139421584 |
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1139421581 |
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9781139423625 (electronic book) |
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1139423622 (electronic book) |
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9780511842771 |
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0511842775 |
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9780521848909 |
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0521848903 |
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9781139419536 |
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