A Companion to Greek Tragedy

by John Ferguson and John Ferguson

Book Overview

This handbook provides students and scholars with a highly readable yet detailed analysis of all surviving Greek tragedies and satyr plays. John Ferguson places each play in its historical, political, and social context-important for both Athenian and modern audiences-and he displays a keen, discriminating critical competence in dealing with the plays as literature.

Ferguson is sensitive to the meter and sound of Greek tragedy, and, with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292740867
• ISBN13: 9780292740860
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 636 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"