Tragedy and Civilization(English, Paperback, Segal Charles)

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Tragedy and Civilization(English, Paperback, Segal Charles) is written by Segal Charles and published by University of Oklahoma Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0806131365 (ISBN 10) and 9780806131368 (ISBN 13).

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. For this edition Segal also provides a new preface discussing recent developments in the study of Sophocles.