TY - BOOK ID - 78429818 TI - When heroes sing : Sophocles and the shifting soundscape of tragedy PY - 2012 SN - 1107226627 1139507974 1280773936 9786613684707 1139517546 0511736207 1139514962 1139514040 1139516612 113951847X 9781139518475 9780511736209 9781107001619 1107001617 131661347X PB - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Tragedy KW - History and criticism. KW - Sophocles KW - Sophocle KW - Sófocles KW - Sofoklis KW - Sofokl KW - Sūfūklīs KW - Sofokles KW - Sūtmūklīs KW - Sofocle KW - Sophokles KW - Sofokŭl KW - סופוקלס KW - سوفوكليس KW - Σοφοκλῆς KW - Language. KW - Sophoclis KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78429818 AB - This book examines the lyrical voice of Sophocles' heroes and argues that their identities are grounded in poetic identity and power. It begins by looking at how voice can be distinguished in Greek tragedy and by exploring ways that the language of tragedy was influenced by other kinds of poetry in late fifth-century Athens. In subsequent chapters, Professor Nooter undertakes close readings of Sophocles' plays to show how the voice of each hero is inflected by song and other markers of lyric poetry. She then argues that the heroes' lyrical voices set them apart from their communities and lend them the authority and abilities of poets. Close analysis of the Greek texts is supplemented by translations and discussions of poetic features more generally, such as apostrophe and address. This study offers new insight into the ways that Sophoclean tragedy inherits and refracts the traditions of other poetic genres. ER -