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Subject(s)

• Sophocles—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]
• Sophocles—Stage history [Browse]
• Sophocles—Appreciation [Browse]
• Mythology, Greek, in literature [Browse]
• Tragedy [Browse]

Related name

• Dawe, R. D. (Roger David) [Browse]

Series

• Routledge Revivals [More in this series]
• Routledge revivals

Summary note

Sophocles: The Classical Heritage, first published in 1996, contains a diverse collection of reflection, ranging from the 16th century to the 20th, on one of the three great Attic tragedians, the author of perhaps the most famous play of all time.With the entire notion of 'Western culture' under duress, the need to establish continuity from antiquity to modernity is as pressing as ever. Each essay, selected by Professor Dawe, explores a theme or concept derived from the tragic vision of the Sophoclean universe which is still of relevance today. An enorm

Notes

First published in 1996 by Garland Publishing.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; SERIES PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Letter Describing the Performance of Oedipus Rex at Vicenza in 1585; Oedipus at Vicenza and Paris: Two Stages in a Saga; From Preface to Oedipus; Letters on Oedipus, Letter III: Containing the Critique of the Oedipus of Sophocles,; Remarks upon Oedipus; What Lies behind the Notes: The Translations of the Antigone of Sophocles in the 18th Century; Preface: The Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles; Preface: The Tragedies of Sophocles; Oedipus, King of Thebes; From Laokoon
• From Kritische Wälder: Erstes WaldchenHolderlin's Translations; Sophocles and Hölderlin; The Bride of Messina; Life and Political Character of Sophocles-Character of His Different Tragedies; From The Conversations of Goethe with Eckermann and Soret; On the Irony of Sophocles; Lecture XXVIII; The Oedipus Complex; Chapter 10 of From Sophocles to Sartre; The Descendants of Labdacus in the Theatrical Works of Jean Cocteau; Ancient Tragedy on the Modern Stage

ISBN

• 1-317-74949-9
• 1-315-79609-0
• 1-317-74950-2

OCLC

• 874173042
• 897457858

Doi

• 10.4324/9781315796093

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