Interpreting Greek Tragedy

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Interpreting Greek Tragedy
Interpreting Greek Tragedy
Author : Charles Segal
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 15 May 2019
ISBN : 9781501746703
Pages : 385 pages
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Interpreting Greek Tragedy by Charles Segal Book PDF Summary

This generous selection of published essays by the distinguished classicist Charles Segal represents over twenty years of critical inquiry into the questions of what Greek tragedy is and what it means for modern-day readers. Taken together, the essays reflect profound changes in the study of Greek tragedy in the United States during this period-in particular, the increasing emphasis on myth, psychoanalytic interpretation, structuralism, and semiotics.

Interpreting Greek Tragedy

Interpreting Greek Tragedy by Charles Segal

This generous selection of published essays by the distinguished classicist Charles Segal represents over twenty years of critical inquiry into the questions of what Greek tragedy is and what it means for modern-day readers. Taken together, the essays reflect profound changes in the study of Greek tragedy in the United

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