Sophocles. An Interpretation. - WINNINGTON-INGRAM, R.P.,
an interpretation
KORTE INHOUD
'This is perhaps the most important and challenging interpretation of Sophocles to appear since Karl Reinhardt's brilliant Sophokles, published in 1933. The author's purpose is 'to interpret the seven extant tragedies ... each in its own unique form, quality and theme'. (?) In a final chapter, 'Heroes and Gods', Winnington-Ingram attempts to deal with the three questions he raised before embarking on the detailed survey of the seven extant tragedies: the nature of heroism and its place in the world; the justice of divine rule; 'the status of pity in the tragic world'. The Sophoclean heroes, as he says, 'have characteristics which they share in common' ? he explores in detail their 'loneliness' ? but he warns against 'supposing that we can catalogue them in some simple scheme, or for that matter, easily identify a typical Sophoclean attitude toward the world of which they are members'. (?) The gods, unlike the heroes, are 'immune from disaster' but 'divine justice turns out to bear a sinister resemblance to t...
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Cambridge (...), 1980. 1st ed. XII,346p. Paperback. Name stamp and date on free endpaper. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: WINNINGTON-INGRAM, R.P.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 1980] [Titel: Sophocles. An Interpretation.]
