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Greek Tragedy

By Kitto, H. D. F.

Greek Tragedy Drama

Greek Tragedy

By Kitto, H. D. F.

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Why did Aeschylus characterize differently from Sophocles? Why did Sophocles introduce the third actor? Why did Euripides not make better plots? So asks H.D.F Kitto in his acclaimed study of Greek tragedy, available for the first time in Routledge Classics.
Kitto argues that in spite of dealing with big moral and intellectual questions, the Greek dramatist is above all an artist and the key to understanding classical Greek drama is to try and understand the tragic conception of each play. In Kitto's words 'We shall ask what the dramatist is striving to say, not what in fact he does say about this or that.' Through a brilliant analysis of Aeschylus's 'Oresteia', the plays of Sophocles including 'Antigone' and 'Oedipus Tyrannus'; and Euripides's 'Medea' and 'Hecuba', Kitto skilfully conveys the enduring artistic and literary brilliance of the Greek dramatists.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
360
Release Date:
2011-04-01
Publication Date:
2011-03-23
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0415610192
ISBN13:
9780415610193
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
453 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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