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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION 5
Chapter I.
LIFE OF SOPHOCLES 7
Chapter II.
ANTECEDENTS: RELIGIOUS 13
Chapter III.
ANTECEDENTS: NATIONAL AND POLITICAL 19
Chapter IV.
ANTECEDENTS: ETHICAL—THE AGE OF TRAGEDY 22
Chapter V.
EXTERNAL CONDITIONS—CHOICE OF FABLE 33
Chapter VI.
ARGUMENTS OF THE SEVEN EXTANT PLAYS 41
Chapter VII.
METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION—I. INVENTION; II. ARRANGEMENT 57
Chapter VIII.
MODE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED:—CONTRAST—CONTINUITY AND PERSPECTIVE—"UNITY OF TIME"—FREEDOM AND VARIETY 75