The art of Sophokles stands as one of the high points in the history of Western Civilization. Born at the start of the 5th century B.C., his life spans the whole of that amazing century known as the Golden Age of Athens, in which the arts of drama, poetry, sculpture, architecture and philosophy reached meteoric heights. Sophokles' contribution was to show human beings at the peak of their form as thinking, feeling, and sentient members of the race. His subject is always the mind, but the inner spark of divinity as well, the daimon that propels humans into heroic actions that beat at the gates of the gods.

Sophokles: The Complete Plays

Literature & Fiction

Carl R. Mueller

Sophokles

Dramas & Plays

Smith & Kraus Pub Inc

BOOK SYNOPSIS During the Peloponnesian war, Aristophanes watched as the people of Attica, living on the outermost edge of Athens, suffered and died from the raids and invasions that came with six years of warfare. Frustrated, but infusing a touch of levity in everything he did, Aristophanes put his pen to paper to write the world's very first anti-war comedy, Acharnians. Thereafter, Aristophanes continued writing plays that foreshadowed the decline of Athens. Setting the playwright in context to his personal life, social, historical and political events, other writers of influence, and more, you will quickly gain a deep understanding of Aristophanes and the plays he wrote. Read Aristophanes in an Hour and experience his plays like never before. Know the playwright, love the play! SELLING POINTS The book features: Aristophanes in an Hour, the main essay of the book Aristophanes in a Minute, a snapshot chronology A complete listing of Aristophanes work A list of Aristophanes contemporaries in all fields Excerpts from Aristophanes significant works An extensive bibliography grouped according to type of reader An index of the main essay. THE SERIES Playwrights in an Houris a series devoted to the most produced and studied playwrights in the English language, from the Greek masters to contemporary writers, and written by leading authorities in the field. Each short book places the playwright and his or her work in historical, social, and literary context.

Aristophanes in an Hour (Playwrights in an Hour)

Smith & Kraus

BOOK SYNOPSIS When he was not writing tragedies, acting in his own plays, and innovating ancient Greek theater, Sophocles served as an ordained priest at a temple for the god of medicine. Thinking about the end of life, Sophocles began outlining Oedipus the King, a tragedy that examines fate, death, and the mysterious depths of the human psyche themes that he explored in all of his masterful plays. Setting the playwright in context to his personal life, social, historical and political events, other writers of influence, and more, you will quickly gain a deep understanding of Sophocles and the plays he wrote. Read Sophocles in an Hour and experience his plays like never before. Know the playwright, love the play! SELLING POINTS The book features: • Sophocles in an Hour, the main essay of the book •Sophocles in a Minute, a snapshot chronology •A complete listing of Sophocles work •A list of Sophocles contemporaries in all fields •Excerpts from Sophocles significant works •An extensive bibliography grouped according to type of reader •An index of the main essay. THE SERIES Playwrights in an Hour is a series devoted to the most produced and studied playwrights in the English language, from the Greek masters to contemporary writers, and written by leading authorities in the field. Each short book places the playwright and his or her work in historical, social, and literary context.

Sophocles in an Hour (Playwrights in an Hour)

BOOK SYNOPSIS Instability marked the life of August Strindberg. One of eleven children --- only seven survived to adulthood --- Strindberg s mother died when he was thirteen years old, just a few years after his father declared bankruptcy. Abandoning Sweden for greater Europe, he eventually achieved infamy for his play, Miss Julie, which critics attacked as immoral and overtly sexual. But to Strindberg, he was simply expressing a natural truth: Life is chaos and chaos is at the heart of all art. In that same spirit, Strindberg went on to write some of the greatest masterpieces of modern theater: The Stronger, A Dream Play, and The Ghost Sonata. Setting the playwright in context to his personal life, social, historical and political events, other writers of influence, and more, you will quickly gain a deep understanding of Strindberg and the plays he wrote. Read Strindberg in an Hour and experience his plays like never before. Know the playwright, love the play! SELLING POINTS The book features: • Strindberg in an Hour, the main essay of the book • Strindberg in a Minute, a snapshot chronology• A complete listing of Strindberg s work • A list of Strindberg s contemporaries in all fields • Excerpts from Strindberg s significant works • An extensive bibliography grouped according to type of reader • An index of the main essay. THE SERIES Playwrights in an Hour is a series devoted to the most produced and studied playwrights in the English language, from the Greek masters to contemporary writers, and written by leading authorities in the field. Each short book places the playwright and his or her work in historical, social, and literary context.

Strindberg in an Hour (Playwrights in an Hour)

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Sophokles: The Complete Plays

Aristophanes in an Hour (Playwrights in an Hour)

Sophocles in an Hour (Playwrights in an Hour)

Strindberg in an Hour (Playwrights in an Hour)