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John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, Hoboken
A Companion to Sophocles presents the first comprehensive collection of essays in decades to address all aspects of the life, works, and critical reception of Sophocles. First collection of its kind to provide introductory essays to the fragments of...
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A Companion to Sophocles presents the first comprehensive collection of essays in decades to address all aspects of the life, works, and critical reception of Sophocles. First collection of its kind to provide introductory essays to the fragments of his lost plays and to the remaining fragments of one satyr-play, the Ichneutae, in addition to each of his extant tragedies Features new essays on Sophoclean drama that go well beyond the current state of scholarship on Sophocles Presents readings that historicize Sophocles in relation to the social, cultural, and intellectual world of fifth century Athens Seeks to place later interpretations and adaptations of Sophocles in their historical context Includes essays dedicated to issues of gender and sexuality; significant moments in the history of interpreting Sophocles; and reception of Sophocles by both ancient and modern playwrights. Intro -- A COMPANION TO SOPHOCLES -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- PART I Text and Author -- 2 The Textual Transmission of Sophocles' Dramas -- 3 Sophocles' Biography -- 4 Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides -- PART II The Plays and the Fragments -- 5 Antigone -- 6 Polyphonic Ajax -- 7 Oedipus Tyrannus -- 8 Electra -- 9 The Divided Worlds of Sophocles' Women of Trachis -- 10 The Philoctetes of Sophocles -- 11 Last Things: Oedipus at Colonus and the End of Tragedy -- 12 Sophocles' Ichneutae or How to Write a Satyr Play -- 13 Sophoclean Fragments -- PART III Sophoclean Techniques -- 14 Sophocles Didaskalos -- 15 Poetic Speakers in Sophocles -- 16 Sophocles' Choruses -- 17 Lament as Speech Act in Sophocles -- PART IV Sophocles and Fifth-Century Political, Religious, and Intellectual Thought -- 18 Sophocles and Class -- 19 Sophocles and Contemporary Politics -- 20 Sophocles and Athenian Law -- 21 The Necessity and Limits of Deliberation in Sophocles' Theban Plays -- 22 Heroic Pharmacology: Sophocles and the Metaphors of Greek Medical Thought -- 23 Sophocles and Hero Cult -- PART V Gender and Sexuality -- 24 Cutting to the Bone: Recalcitrant Bodies in Sophocles -- 25 Staging Mothers in Sophocles' Electra and Oedipus the King -- 26 Marriage in Sophocles: A Problem for Social History -- 27 Masculinity and Freedom in Sophocles -- PART VI Historical Interpretations -- 28 Aristotle on Sophocles -- 29 Sophocles and Homer -- 30 Facing Up to Tragedy: Toward an Intellectual History of Sophocles in Europe from Camerarius to Nietzsche -- 31 Virginia Woolf, Richard Jebb, and Sophocles' Antigone -- 32 Freud and the Drama of Oedipal Truth -- 33 Sophocles with Lacan -- PART VII Influence and Imitation -- 34 Oedipus on Oedipus: Sophocles, Seneca, Politics, and Therapy.
