412 Pages
by
Routledge
412 Pages
by
Routledge
412 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
H. D. F. Kitto
'Two things give Kitto's classic book its enduring freshness: he pioneered the approach to Greek drama through internal artistry and thematic form, and he always wrote in lively and readable English.' - Oliver Taplin, University of Oxford, UK
