Title: Tragedy and civilization
First published: 1981
Description: Drawing on comprehensive analyses of all of Sophocles' plays, on structuralist anthropology, and on other extensive work on myth and tragedy, Charles Segal examines Sophocles both as a great dramatic poet and as a serious thinker. He shows how Sophoclean tragedy reflects the human condition in its constant and tragic struggle for order and civilized life against the ever-present threat of savagery and chaotic violence, both within society and within the individual.

Tragedy and Civilization begins with a study of these themes and then proceeds to detailed discussions of each of the seven plays. For this edition Segal also provides a new preface discussing recent developments in the study of Sophocles.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Tragedy, Mythology, Greek, in literature, Civilization, Ancient, in literature, Civilization, Greek drama (Tragedy), History and criticism, Sophocles, Tragédie grecque, Histoire et critique, Civilisation ancienne dans la littérature, Mythologie grecque dans la littérature, Civilisation, DRAMA, Ancient, Classical & Medieval
Places: Greece
People: Sophocles
Time periods: To 146 B.C.