Sophocles (Paperback Edition) (Literary Companion (Greenhaven Paperback)) [Paperback]

Don Nardo (Editor)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 10 Up. An examination of the life and work of Sophocles within the historical context of his culture. The critical essays by 20th-century writers and classical scholars look at Sophocles as a dramatist and examine his writing style, dramatic technique, and specific plays such as Oedipus Rex, Ajax, and Oedipus at Colonus. The significance of his work for contemporary audiences and adaptations to other mediums, such as motion pictures, gospel music, and opera, are also examined. A lengthy biographical sketch, a history of the Greek theater, and an extensive list for further reading help to make this great dramatist more accessible to YAs. A useful tool for teaching literary analysis and criticism.?Cynthia M. Sturgis, Ledding Library, Milwaukee, OR
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Greenhaven Press; annotated edition edition (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565105818
• ISBN-13: 978-1565105812
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,034,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Don Nardo is a historian and award-winning writer who specializes in the ancient world, especially the civilizations of Greece and Rome. He began as a actor and worked with the National Shakespeare Company before turning to writing screenplays and teleplays and, soon afterward, devoting much of his time to historical research and writing. In the past two decades, he has published nearly two hundred volumes on diverse historical topics. And having earned numerous favorable reviews, he is widely recognized as the country's leading writer of historical works for young adults. He is also versed in various other subjects and as a result is frequently asked by publishers to write books on a number of scientific and literary topics.

Mr. Nardo also composes and arranges orchestral music, having started composing in his early teens. Over the years he has turned out more than eighty musical works, including 2 symphonies, 4 string quartets, several concertos, a film score, incidental music for stage productions, and several commissions, the most recent a double concerto for violin and Portuguese guitar written for two noted musicians. He is also the resident composer and arranger for the Amadis Orchestra, based in Connecticut. For more information, see his official web site at www.nardopublishing.com and his more extensive biography at Wikipedia.