A Study of Sophoclean Drama

by G.M. Kirkwood

Book Overview

Although many commentators have dealt with various aspects of structure in Sophoclean drama, G. M. Kirkwood contends that "Sophocles' mastery of dramatic form is accepted with casual and superficial deference rather than fully and clearly understood." This book shows how Sophocles' method of presenting character, his unique handling of myth, his predilection for presenting ideas by comparison and contrast, and his principles of structure are so...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801482410
• ISBN13: 9780801482410
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher