| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : Tragedy, the city, and its dead -- Two orders of individuality -- The citizen -- Loss embodied -- States of exclusion -- Inventing life -- Mourning, longing, loving -- Exit tragedy -- Appendixes. A : Summary of Sophocles's Labdacid cycle ; B : Timeline of relevant events in ancient Greece |
| Summary |
Here, the author shows how Sophocles' tragedy Antigone crystallized the political, intellectual, and aesthetic forces of an entire historical moment - fifth-century Athens - into one idea: the value of a single, living person |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-208) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Sophocles. Antigone.
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| SUBJECT |
Sophocles. Antigone
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Antigone (Sophocles) fast |
| Subject |
Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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Greek drama (Tragedy)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012049118 |
| ISBN |
9780823251346 |
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0823251349 |
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9780823252954 |
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0823252957 |
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0823251322 |
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9780823251322 |
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0823251330 |
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9780823251339 |
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