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Thomas Van Nortwick - Late Sophocles: The Hero’s Evolution in Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus - 9780472119561 - V9780472119561
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Late Sophocles: The Hero’s Evolution in Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus

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Description for Late Sophocles: The Hero’s Evolution in Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus Hardcover. An accessible examination of the evolution of key Sophoclean characters Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.

Only a few plays by Sophocles—one of the great tragic playwrights from Classical Athens—have survived, and each of them dramatizes events from the rich store of myths that framed literature and art. Sophocles’ treatment evokes issues that were vividly contemporary for Athenian audiences of the Periclean age: How could the Athenians incorporate older, aristocratic ideas about human excellence into their new democratic society? Could citizens learn to be morally excellent, or were these qualities only inherited? What did it mean to be a creature who knows that he or she must die?
Late Sophocles traces the evolution of the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
162
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472119561
SKU
V9780472119561
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About Thomas Van Nortwick
Thomas Van Nortwick is Nathan A. Greenberg Professor of Classics, Oberlin College.

Reviews for Late Sophocles: The Hero’s Evolution in Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus
"Late Sophocles leads the reader through the last phase of the dramatist’s art with sound and reliable judgement, illuminating three great tragedies sensitively."
N J Sewell-Rutter, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"The author provides a most satisfying discussion of Sophocles' struggle..."
Patricia A. Johnston, CJ-Online
CJ-Online
"This short, clear and elegantly-written ... Read more

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