Poetic progress in Ajax -- Waxing heroic in Trachiniae and Oedipus Tyrannus -- Addressing lament in Electra -- Philoctetes' apostrophes -- The end and afterlife of poeticity: Oedipus at Colonus.
Summary
Examines the lyrical voice of Sophocles' heroes and argues that their identities are grounded in poetic identity and power.
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