SOPHOCLES by Hesk, Jon ISBN 0715630474

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Sophocles' 'Ajax' is one of the most disturbing and powerful surviving ancient tragedies. But it is also difficult to understand and interpret. This book offers solutions by drawing together the latest critical work on the play and introducing the reader to key frames for its interpretation.

Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy; This new series provides original and accessible introductions to individual ancient tragedies. Each volume introduces and discusses the main themes of a play and the central developments in modern criticism, while also addressing the play's historical context and the history of its performance and adaptation. A guide to further reading, glossary and chronology are included, all Greck and Latin is translated, and technical and theoretical terms are clearly explained; Sophocles' Ajax is one of the most disturbing and powerful surviving ancient tragedies. But it is also difficult to understand and interpret. What are we to make of its protagonist's extremism? Does Ajax deserve the isolation and divine punishment he experiences? Why is his state of mind so difficult to determine? Dr Hesk offers answers to these and many other questions by drawing together the very latest critical work on the play and introducing the reader to key frames for its interpretation, including Sophoclean heroism, language and form; Homeric intertextuality and Athens' 'masculinist' culture, and the twentieth-century reception of Ajax.

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[edit] Title

SOPHOCLES

[edit] Author

Hesk, Jon

[edit] ISBN

0715630474

[edit] Published

19/12/2003

[edit] Publisher

Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd

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paperback

[edit] Retail Price

11.99 (GBP)

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10.79 (GBP)

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