All Programs / Egoist in tragedy

Three lectures by David Grene, poet, translator, and Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago. He discusses a particular kind of tragedy and focuses on three examples.

Available Episodes

1955-05-15Ibsen's The Master-Builder, part two00:18:05

1955-05-15Ibsen's The Master-Builder, part one00:29:22

1955-05-08Shakespeare: Coriolanus, part two00:22:56

1955-05-08Shakespeare: Coriolanus, part one00:29:45

1955-05-01The Philoctetes of Sophocles, part two00:28:57

1955-05-01The Philoctetes of Sophocles, part one00:29:33

Subjects: Coriolanus, Cnaeus Marcius--Drama; Egoism--Drama; Foreign Literature; Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906--Criticism and interpretation; Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Bygmester Solness. English; Philoctetes (Greek mythology) Drama; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Coriolanus; Sophocles. Philoctetes; Theater & Drama; Tragedy
Creators: University of Chicago
Contributors: Grene, David
Genres: Drama; Educational
Time Periods: 1950-1959