Tragedy and Civilization - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780806131368

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by Charles Segal (Author)

Drawing on comprehensive analyses of all of Sophocles' plays, on structuralist anthropology, and on other extensive work on myth and tragedy, Charles Segal examines Sophocles both as a great dramatic poet and as a serious thinker. He shows how Sophoclean tragedy reflects the human condition in its constant and tragic struggle for order and civilized life against the ever-present threat of savagery and chaotic violence, both within society and within the individual. For this edition Segal also provides a new preface discussing recent developments in the study of Sophocles.

Number of Pages: 528

Dimensions: 1.21 x 9.27 x 5.96 IN

Publication Date: April 13, 2010

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