The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication and Involvement

by Felix Budelmann

Book Overview

This 1999 book is a wide-ranging study of Sophoclean language. From a detailed analysis of sentence-structure in the first chapter, it moves on to discuss in subsequent chapters how language shapes the perception of characters, of myths, of gods and of choruses. All chapters are united by a shared concern: how does Sophoclean language engage readers and spectators? In answering this question, The Language of Sophocles avoids the current emphasis on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521034442
• ISBN13: 9780521034449
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"