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Author Whitman, Cedric H. (Cedric Hubbell), 1916-1979.

Title Sophocles : a study of heroic humanism / Cedric H. Whitman.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1951.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  888 S712YWH    Check Shelf
Description 292 pages ; 24 cm
Form Also issued online.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-285) and index.
Contents Pt. 1. The enigma of Sophocles. The classic view ; Scholarship and Hamartia ; Chronology -- Pt. 2. Tragic Arete. The matrix of heroism: Ajax ; Man the measure: Antigone -- Pt. 3. Tragic knowledge. Late learning: Trachiniae ; Irrational evil: Oedipus Rex -- Pt. 4. Tragic endurance. Trial by time: Electra ; The paradox of will: Philoctetes ; Apocalypse: Oedipus at Colonus -- Pt. 5. The heroic world. Sophocles and the fifth century ; The metaphysic of humanism.
Subject Sophocles -- Criticism and interpretation.
Mythology, Greek, in literature.
Humanism in literature.
Courage in literature.
Heroes in literature.
Tragedy.
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