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A study of Sophoclean drama: with a new preface and enlarged bibliographical note
Gordon MacDonald Kirkwood
A study in the dramatic methods of Sophocles, especially in the revelation of character, as the primary essence of Sophocles' art.
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Frontmatter
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Preface to the Paperback Edition (page xiii)
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Preface (page xvii)
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I Introduction (page 1)
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i. A Statement of Purpose (page 1)
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ii. A Preliminary Definition (page 9)
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iii. Myth and Plot (page 17)
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II Construction (page 30)
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i. General Patterns of Structure (page 30)
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ii. The Diptych Plays (page 42)
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iii. Oedipus Tyrannus and the Later Plays (page 55)
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iv. Restriction (page 63)
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v. Oracles and Dramaturgy (page 72)
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vi. Dramatic Rhythm and Scene Building (page 82)
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III Character Portrayal (page 99)
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i. Character and Dramatic Structure (page 99)
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ii. Ajax (page 101)
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iii. The Trachinian Women (page 110)
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iv. Antigone (page 118)
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v. Oedipus Tyrannus (page 127)
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vi. Electra (page 135)
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vii. Philoctetes (page 143)
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viii. Oedipus at Colonus (page 150)
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ix. Some Problems of Psychology (page 157)
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x. The Character of the Tragic Hero (page 169)
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IV The Role of the Chorus (page 181)
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V Some Notes on Diction (page 215)
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VI The Irony of Sophocles (page 247)
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Appendix: On the Approximate Date of The Trachinian Women (page 289)
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Bibliographical Note (page 295)
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Bibliographical Note to the Paperback Edition (page 297)
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Index (page 301)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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BA | 33.3 (Summer 1959):352-353 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/40114130 |
CW | 52.1 (Oct. 1958): 17 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4344076 |
GNOMN | 31.4 (1959): 336-340 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/27682041 |
JHS | 80 (1960): 207 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/628399 |
MNE | 12.3 (1959): 259-261 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4428268 |
CR | 10.1 (Mar. 1960): 19-20 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/702291 |
AJP | 80. 4 (1959): 445-446 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/292186 |
HEM | 93 (May 1959): 88-90 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/23039138 |
CP | 55.3 (Jul. 1960): 214-217 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/266374 |
LAC | 28.2 (1959): 351-352 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/41646374 |
PHO | 14.3 (Autumn 1960): 175-177 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1086302 |
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Published: 1994
Publisher: Cornell University Press
- 9780801466717 (ebook)
- 9780801482410 (paper)