Readings on Sophocles

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176 pages ; 23 cm

Sophocles

Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-170) and index

Chapter 1. Sophocles the dramatist
1. Sophocles' use of mythology / C.M. Bowra
2. Sophocles' mastery of character development / Werner Jaeger
3. Sophocles' moral themes / Robert D. Murray Jr.
4. Comparing Sophocles to Aeschylus / Edith Hamilton
5. How Sophocles viewed and portrayed the gods / Herbert J. Muller
6. In Sophoclean tragedy, humans create their own fate / Frank B. Jevons
7. Sophocles' invention of third actor widened the scope of drama / H.D.F. Kitto
8. Sophocles' many uses of the chorus / G.M. Kirkwood
9. Sophocles' comic relief : the satyr plays / William Nickerson Bates
Chapter 2. Oedipus the king
1. The Oedipus legend / Bernard M.W. Know
2. An overview of Oedipus the king / Sheldon Cheney
3. Oedipus endures the test of time / Charles R. Walker
4. A great translator's reflections on Oedipus the king / Gilbert Murray
5. The Oedipus complex : a theory under fire / Bruce Bower
Chapter 3. Producing Sophocles' plays
1. Ajax : lonely hero of a bygone age / Bernard M.W. Knox
2. Sophocles is interpreted in Black gospel music / Mimi Kramer
3. An opera version of Oedipus the king / Arthur Holmberg
4. Sophocles on film / Jon Solomon
5. Oedipus at Colonus is a statement of hope / Robert Fitzgerald
Appendix A: the origins of theater
Appendix B: Greek theatrical production
Chronology
Surviving plays of Sophocles

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Bowra, C. M. (Cecil Maurice), 1898-1971, author
Hamilton, Edith, 1867-1963, author
Jaeger, Werner 1888-1961, author
Murray, Robert Duff, 1919-1975, author
Nardo, Don, 1947- editor