Greek tragedy : a literary study

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Greek tragedy : a literary study

H.D.F. Kitto

Routledge, 2002

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Includes index

First published 1939 by Methuen

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This classic work not only records developments in the form and style of Greek drama, it also analyses the reasons for these changes. It provides illuminating answers to questions that have confronted generations of students, such as: * why did Aeschylus introduce the second actor? * why did Sophocles develop character drawing? * why are some of Euripides' plots so bad and others so good? Greek Tragedy is neither a history nor a handbook, but a penetrating work of criticism which all students of literature will find suggestive and stimulating.

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I. LYRICAL TRAGEDY, II. OLD TRAGEDY, III. THE 'ORESTEIA', IV. THE DRAMATIC ART OF AESCHYLUS, V. MIDDLE TRAGEDY: SOPHOCLES, VI. THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOPHOCLES, VII. THE DRAMATIC ART OF SOPHOCLES, VIII. THE EURIPIDEAN TRAGEDY, IX. THE TECHNIQUE OF THE EURIPIDEAN TRAGEDY, X. THE 'TRACHINIAE' AND 'PHILOCTETES', XI. NEW TRAGEDY: EURIPIDES' TRAGI-COMEDIES, XII. NEW TRAGEDY: EURIPIDES' MELODRAMAS, XIII. TWO LAST PLAYS, INDEX

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