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Oedipus at Colonus : Sophocles, Athens, and the world

By Andreas , Sophocles.; Markantonatos

Book information

Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Year
2007
ISBN
3110193264, 978-3-11-019326-8, 9783110920482, 3110920484
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8844355 bytes)
Series
Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte Bd. 87
Pages
360\370
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Classical & Medieval. Oedipus Coloneus (Sophocles)Sophocles. -- Oedipus at Colonus -- Criticism and

Description

This book aims to offer a contemporary literary interpretation of the play, including a readable discussion of its underlying historical, religious, moral, social, and mythical issues. Also, it discusses the most recent interpretative scholarship on the play, the main intertextual affiliations with earlier Thebes-related tragedies, especially focusing on Sophocles Antigone and Oedipus Tyrannus, and the literature and performance reception of the play; it contains an up-to-date bibliography and detailed indices

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