Kirkwood G.M. A Study of Sophoclean Drama

Monograph. — Ithaca: Cornell Univerisity Press, 1958. — 304 p. — (Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Vol. XXXI).
The reader will find in Chapter I a description of the organization and purpose of this book. Here I need only say a few words of explanation and discharge the pleasant and important duty of acknowledging help.
The book is mainly a philological study of certain aspects of Sophocles’ plays and is meant for the attention of those who are themselves engaged in the study of the plays. But since, apart from the chapter on diction, I have usually given quotations in translation, the book should be usable by those who read Sophocles in translation only. My line references and quotations follow the Oxford Classical Text of A. C. Pearson.Preface.
Introduction.
A Statement of Purprose.
A Preliminary Definition.
Myth and Plot.
Construction.
General Patterns of Structure.
The Diptych Plays.
Oedipus Tyrannus and the Later Plays.
Restriction.
Oracles and Dramaturgy.
Dramatic Rhythm and Scene Building.
Character Portayal.
Character and Dramatic Structure.
Ajax.
The Trachinian Women.
Antigone.
Oedipus Tyrannus.
Electra.
Philoctetes.
Oedipus at Colonus.
Some Problems of Psychology.
The Character of the Tragic Hero.
The Role of the Chorus.
Some Notes on Diction.
The Irony of Sophocles.
Appendix: On the Approximate Date of the Trachinian Women.
Bibliographical Note.
Index.