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Tragedy and Civilization: An Interpretation of Sophocles

By Charles Segal

Book information

Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Year
1999
ISBN
0806131365, 9780806131368, 9780585194318
LCC
PA4417 .S47 1999
Open Library ID
OL381823M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1757054 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
438\438
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Drawing on comprehensive analyses of all of Sophocles’ plays, on structuralist anthropology, and on other extensive work on myth and tragedy, Charles Segal examines Sophocles both as a great dramatic poet and as a serious thinker. He shows how Sophoclean tragedy reflects the human condition in its constant and tragic struggle for order and civilized life against the ever-present threat of savagery and chaotic violence, both within society and within the individual. For this edition Segal also provides a new preface discussing recent developments in the study of Sophocles.

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