Myth, telos, identity : the tragic schema in Greek and Shakespearean drama

AcknowledgementsIntroductionI Modes of the Tragic in Greek DramaII Modes of the Tragic in Shakespearean DramaIII Character and IdentityIV On the Threshold of the Tragic: The Teleological Foundations of Greek and Shakespearean TragedyV From Character to Self VI Forms of Action and PassivityVII Forms of Inaction: Speech ActsEpilogueAppendix: History Aside in Richard The Third: Mimesis or Poiesis?BibliographyIndex