UID:
almafu_9958355372302883
Format:
1 online resource (370p.)
ISBN:
9783110920482
Series Statement:
Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; 87
Content:
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. The book won the Academy of Athens Great Award for the Best Monograph in Classical Philology for 2008.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Preface --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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Chapter 1. The Poet, the Polis and the Play --
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Chapter 2. Multiple Stories: The Oedipus Myth --
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Chapter 3. Sophocles and Oedipus: The Quest for Athens --
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Chapter 4. Religion and History: The Future of Athens --
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Chapter 5. Tragic Intertextuality: Hope and Fear --
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Chapter 6. Influence and Performance: Oedipus and the World --
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Conclusion --
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General Index --
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Index of Greek Words --
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Index of Oedipus at Colonus Passages
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-019326-8
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ancient Studies
DOI:
10.1515/9783110920482
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110920482
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110920482
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110920482
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