Sophocles, Antigone

Sophocles, Antigone

by Cairns, Douglas L.

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"The book's chapters consider the extent of the original audience's acquaintance with earlier versions of the legends of Antigone's family, the structure of the plot as it unfolds in theatrical performance, the presentation of the characters and the motivations that derive them, the major political, social, and ethical themes that the play raises, and the resonance of those themes in the ways that the play has been interpreted, adapted, performed, and appropriated in later periods."--Page 4 of …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Sophocles, Antigone / Douglas Cairns.

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"The book's chapters consider the extent of the original audience's acquaintance with earlier versions of the legends of Antigone's family, the structure of the plot as it unfolds in theatrical performance, the presentation of the characters and the motivations that derive them, the major political, social, and ethical themes that the play raises, and the resonance of those themes in the ways that the play has been interpreted, adapted, performed, and appropriated in later periods."--Page 4 of cover

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2016

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Academic
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2016

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (viii, 240 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781472512147, 1472512146, 1472593111, 9781472593115
  • DOI:10.5040/9781472593115
  • oclc:ocn946580062
  • LC Classification:PA4413.A7
  • Dewey Decimal:882/.01

Table of Contents

From myth to plot -- Tragedy and sympathy -- Progress and pessimism -- Love and death -- Reception.

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Subjects

Antigone (Sophocles) Criticism, interpretation, etc DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval European History Greek drama Greek drama -- History and criticism Literary studies -- classical, early & … Literary studies: plays & playwrights Sophocles Théâtre grec -- Histoire et critique

Writers

Cairns, Douglas L.

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