H. D. F. Kitto | Academic Influence

H. D. F. Kitto's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings

H. D. F. Kitto

Literature

#5106

Historical Rank

Classical Studies

#252

Historical Rank

literature Degrees

Download Badge

Literature

Why Is H. D. F. Kitto Influential?

(Suggest an Edit or Addition)

According to Wikipedia, Humphrey Davy Findley Kitto, FBA was a British classical scholar of Cornish ancestry. He was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire. He was educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester, and St. John's College, Cambridge. He wrote his doctorate in 1920 at the University of Bristol. He became a lecturer in Greek at the University of Glasgow from 1920 to 1944. On that year, he returned to the University of Bristol where he became Professor of Greek and emeritus in 1962. He concentrated on studies of Greek tragedy, especially translations of the works of Sophocles.

(See a Problem?)

H. D. F. Kitto's Published Works

Number of citations in a given year to any of this author's works

Total number of citations to an author for the works they published in a given year. This highlights publication of the most important work(s) by the author

Published Works

Greek Tragedy: A Literary Study (1968) (82)
Form and meaning in drama (1956) (68)
Poiesis: Structure and Thought (1967) (39)
Form and Meaning in Drama: A Study of Six Greek Plays and of Hamlet (1979) (14)
Sophocles: Dramatist and Philosopher (1959) (12)
Rhetoric and poetic (1966) (11)
The Greek Chorus (1956) (9)
Sophocles, Statistics, and the Trachiniae (1939) (5)
The Dance in Greek Tragedy (1955) (4)
The Final Scenes of the Phoenissae (1939) (4)
Greek Tragedy and Dionysus (1960) (4)
The Euripidean Tragedy (1966) (3)
Sophocles, Dramatist & Philosopher (1958) (2)
The Excavations at Dura-Europos: Preliminary Report of the Fourth Season of Work, Oct. 1930-March 1931Preliminary Report upon the Excavations at Tel Umar, Irak. Second Preliminary ReportIn the Mountains of Greece (1933) (2)
Mode in Ancient Greek Music (1936) (2)
Three tragedies : Antigone, Oedipus the king, Electra/ Sophocles ; translated into English verse by H.D.F. Kitto (1964) (1)
Greek Lyric Metre (1929) (1)
A New Text of Bacchylides (1935) (1)
Greek Tragedy: The Rhesus and related matters (1977) (1)
The Greeks: A Study of the Character and History of an Ancient Civilization, and of the People Who Created It (1952) (1)
Greek Tragedy (1938) (0)
Sophocles, Three Tragedies: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra. Translated into English Verse (1962) (0)
The Dramatic Art of Aeschylus (1966) (0)
Ralph Brewster: The Island of Zeus . Pp. 360; 32 photographs. London: Duckworth, 1939. Cloth, 15s. (1939) (0)
Winifred Elberta Weter: Encouragement of Literary Production in Greece from Homer to Alexander . Pp. 113. Private Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Libraries, 1936. Paper. (1939) (0)
Rhythm, Metre, and Black Magic (1942) (0)
Sociology and Drama (1943) (0)
Greek Tragedy (1942) (0)
The ‘Trachiniae’ and the ‘Philoctetes’ (1966) (0)
Sophocles, dramatist & philosopher : three lectures delivered at King's College Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1958) (0)
Euripides G. M. A. Grube: The Drama of Euripides . Pp. viii+456. London: Methuen, 1941. Cloth, 22s. 6d. net. (1943) (0)
Greek Metres (1931) (0)
A Review Essay: Translations of Greek Tragedy (1984) (0)
The Stagecraft of Aeschylus: The Dramatic Use of Exits and Entrances in Greek Tragedy . By Oliver Taplin. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1978. Pp. ix + 508. £20.00. (1980) (0)
The Bacchae (1946) (0)
DAMN THE TRAGIC HERO (1972) (0)
The Oresteia of Aeschylus. Vol. I: Introduction, text, translation. Vol. II: Commentary, Metrical Appendix, Supplement, Index. By George Thomson. Pp. 353 and 404. Cambridge: University Press. 25s. each vol (1940) (0)
A Study of Sophoclean Drama@@@Sophocles: Dramatist and Philosopher (1960) (0)
The Arts in the Fifth Century (1939) (0)
I. THE PRESENT POSITION OF CLASSICS IN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES (1955) (0)
In the Mountains of Greece@@@Greek Cities (1933) (0)
David M. Robinson: Pindar, a Poet of Eternal Ideas . (Johns Hopkins University Studies in Archaeology, No. 21.) Pp. vi + 118. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press (London: Milford), 1936. Cloth, 13s. 6d. (1936) (0)
Sophocles, Dramatist and PhilosopherSophocle: Essai sur le heros tragique (1959) (0)
The Philosophy of Sophocles (1966) (0)
New Tragedy: Euripides’ Melodramas (1966) (0)
Classical and Elizabethan Drama (1943) (0)
Two Last Plays (1966) (0)
J. T. Sheppard: Aeschylus, the Prophet of Greek Freedom . An essay on the Oresteian trilogy. Pp. 64. London: Murby, 1943. Paper, 2 s . net. (1944) (0)
The Technique of the Euripidean Tragedy (1966) (0)
Greek Lands and Seas (1938) (0)
The Legends of Athos (1936) (0)
Greek Literature and Art (1944) (0)
(B. M. W.) Knox The heroic temper: studies in Sophoclean tragedy . (Sather classical lectures, 35.) Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press (London: Cambridge U.P.). 1964. Pp. ix + 210. £2 5 s . (1966) (0)
The Elusive Sophocles (1946) (0)
The Rhythms of Pindar (1928) (0)
Murray on Aeschylus (1940) (0)
The Classical Review (1944) (0)
New Tragedy: Euripides’ Tragi-Comedies (1966) (0)

This paper list is powered by the following services:

Other Resources About H. D. F. Kitto

en.wikipedia.org

What Schools Are Affiliated With H. D. F. Kitto?

H. D. F. Kitto is affiliated with the following schools:

What Are H. D. F. Kitto's Academic Contributions?

H. D. F. Kitto has made the following academic contributions:

The Greeks