The sense of history in Greek and Shakespearean drama / by Tom F. Driver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Driver, Tom F. (Tom Faw), 1925-2021.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Columbia paperback ; 76.

A Columbia paperback ; 76

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

Greek drama--History and criticism.

Greek drama.

Time in literature.

Comparative literature--Greek and English.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--English and Greek.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

vi, 231 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Columbia University Press, [1967]

Contents:

Part I: Introduction. Drama and history; Hellenic historical consciousness: the equilibrium of nature; Judaeo-Christian historical consciousness: the vocation of Israel

Part II: A Necessary Excursus. The problem of dramatic form

Part III: Comparisons. Nemesis and judgment: The Persians and Richard III; Synthesis and providence: the Oresteia and Hamlet; The uses of time: the Oedipus tyrannus and Macbeth; Release and reconciliation: the Alcestis and The winter's tale

Conclusion.

Notes:

"This book was originally published in book form in 1960. Third printing and Columbia Paperback edition 1967."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-226) and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok 1976".

Other Format:

Online version: Driver, Tom Faw, 1925- Sense of history in Greek and Shakespearean drama.

ISBN:

0231085761

9780231085762

OCLC:

4442817