Form and Meaning in Drama: A Study of Six Greek Plays and of Hamlet

by H. D. F. Kitto

Overview

Analysing six Greek tragedies - the Orestes triology, Ajax, Antigone and Philoctetes - and Hamlet, this book also contains a chapter on the Greek and the Elizabethan dramatic forms and one on religious drama. This is an important work from an author respected for a constructive and sensitive quality of criticism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415729369
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/27/2013
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Hamlet
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	354
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

1. Agamemnon 2. Choephori 3. Eumenides 4. Philoctetes 5. Antigone 6. Ajax 7. Greek and Elizabethan Tragedy 8. Religious Drama and its Interpretation 9. Hamlet 9.1 The Problem of Hamlet 9.2 Hamlet and the Oedipus 9.3 The First Six Scenes 9.4 Hamlet and Laertes 9.5. Hamlet and Ophelia 9.6. Hamlet and his Madness 9.7. The Players 9.8. Hamlet and Claudius 9.9 Providence 9.10. Conclusion