Tragedy and Civilization

Drawing on comprehensive analyses of all of Sophocles' plays, on structuralist anthropology, and on other extensive work on myth and tragedy, Charles Segal examines Sophocles both as a great dramatic poet and as a serious thinker. He shows how Sophoclean tragedy reflects the human condition in its constant and tragic struggle for order and civilized life against the ever-present threat of savagery and chaotic violence, both within society and within the individual. For this edition Segal also provides a new preface discussing recent developments in the study of Sophocles.

Author: Charles Segal
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 03/15/1999
Pages: 528
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 9.27h x 5.96w x 1.21d
ISBN: 9780806131368
Revised Edition