Vision and stagecraft in Sophocles
By: David Seale.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press; University Of Chicago Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Sophocles -- Criticism and interpretation; Sophocles -- Dramatic production; Mythology, Greek, in literature; Tragedy
Notes: Bibliography: p. 261-263.
Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of London, 1973.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Aristotelian principles, visual conventions, the visual theme -- The Phioctetes : illusion and surprise -- The Electra : illusion and suffering -- The Antigone : concrete visualization -- The Oedipus at Colonus : inner vision -- The Ajax : the shame of revelation -- The women of Trachis : the verge of truth -- Oedipus the King : blindness and sight.