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Sophocles and the language of tragedy

Simon D. Goldhill

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Introduction: Entrances and Exits Section 1: Tragic Language 1: Undoing: Lusis and the Analysis of Irony 2: The Audience on Stage: Rhetoric, Emotion and Judgment 3: Line for Line 4: Choreography: The Lyric Voice of Tragedy 5: The Chorus in Action Section 2: The Language of Tragedy 6: Generalizing about Tragedy 7: Generalizing about the Chorus 8: The Language of Tragedy and Modernity: How Electra Lost her Piety 9: Antigone and the Politics of Sisterhood: The Tragic Language of Sharing Coda: Reading With or Without Hegel: From Text to Script Glossary Bibliography

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Introduction: Entrances and Exits Section 1: Tragic Language 1: Undoing: Lusis and the Analysis of Irony 2: The Audience on Stage: Rhetoric, Emotion and Judgment 3: Line for Line 4: Choreography: The Lyric Voice of Tragedy 5: The Chorus in Action Section 2: The Language of Tragedy 6: Generalizing about Tragedy 7: Generalizing about the Chorus 8: The Language of Tragedy and Modernity: How Electra Lost her Piety 9: Antigone and the Politics of Sisterhood: The Tragic Language of Sharing Coda: Reading With or Without Hegel: From Text to Script Glossary Bibliography

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Introduction: Entrances and Exits Section 1: Tragic Language 1: Undoing: Lusis and the Analysis of Irony 2: The Audience on Stage: Rhetoric, Emotion and Judgment 3: Line for Line 4: Choreography: The Lyric Voice of Tragedy 5: The Chorus in Action Section 2: The Language of Tragedy 6: Generalizing about Tragedy 7: Generalizing about the Chorus 8: The Language of Tragedy and Modernity: How Electra Lost her Piety 9: Antigone and the Politics of Sisterhood: The Tragic Language of Sharing Coda: Reading With or Without Hegel: From Text to Script Glossary Bibliography

Key concepts: Tragedy (event), History, Linguistics, Literature, Philosophy, Art

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