Sophocles

A Very Short Introduction

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Sophocles

By: Edith Hall

Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells

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This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Sophocles the Athenian.

Placing his plays within their historical context, and explaining the conventions of ancient Greek tragic theatre, Edith Hall spotlights their distinctive features—tight plots, titanic personalities, lucid style, sympathetic women, exquisite poetry, and stagecraft. This analysis is followed by an account of how and why Sophoclean dramas have survived to be read and widely performed into the twenty-first century.

Edith HallMary Jane WellsTantor Media

Literary History & Criticism

Ancient History

Ancient Greece