Prophesying Tragedy: Sign and Voice in Sophocles' Theban Plays
Rebecca Weld BushnellRebecca Weld Bushnell asserts that an understanding of tragic fate, as represented in prophecy, can be achieved through an awareness of the historical relationship of tragedy to culture and politics, for the tragic hero's interpretation and defiance of prophecy both reflected and influenced the political abuse of oracles and omens.
Jahr:
2019
Verlag:
Cornell University Press
Sprache:
english
Seiten:
168
ISBN 10:
1501745581
ISBN 13:
9781501745584
Datei:
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IPFS:
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english, 2019