When heroes sing [electronic resource] : Sophocles and the shifting soundscape of tragedy / Sarah Nooter

Author:: Nooter, Sarah
Published:: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (viii, 200 pages)

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Contents:

Poetic progress in Ajax -- Waxing heroic in Trachiniae and Oedipus Tyrannus -- Addressing lament in Electra -- Philoctetes' apostrophes -- The end and afterlife of poeticity: Oedipus at Colonus.

Summary:

Examines the lyrical voice of Sophocles' heroes and argues that their identities are grounded in poetic identity and power.

Subject(s):

Sophocles—Language
Tragedy—History and criticism

ISBN:

9780511736209 (electronic bk.)
9781139518475 (electronic bk.)
113951847X (electronic bk.)

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AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Technical Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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