Oedipus : the ancient legend and its later analogues
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Oedipus : the ancient legend and its later analogues
（Johns Hopkins paperbacks）
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, c1985
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Oedipus
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"Johns Hopkins University paperbacks edition, 1996"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-234) and index
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Description
The power of the Oedipus legend is apparent not only in its interpretations but even more so in its variations. As Edmunds writes, "Translations, adaptations, and performances still come forth in a never-ending stream. Again and again, playwrights have tried their hand at new shapings of the Sophoclean Oedipuses and often a country's Oedipus forms a whole chapter in the history of its literature." Drawing on more than seventy works that dispersed the Oedipus legend from Greece to Asia, Africa, and the Americas, Edmunds provides a foundation for discussion of the lasting appeal of this legend, for claims of its universality, and for its uses as a vehicle for personal and cultural expression.
Table of Contents
Preface
Sigla
List of Analogues
Abbreviations
Introduction
Ancient Sources for the Oedipus Legend
Texts of the Analogues
Medieval Europe and the Near East
Modern Europe (Except Slavic)
Slavic
Near East, Asia, Africa, Western Hemisphere
Bibliographies
Index of Sources
Index of Names and Subjects
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