The theatre of Apollo : divine justice and Sophocles' Oedipus the King / R. Drew Griffith

Author:: Griffith, R. Drew, 1958-
Published:: Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, [1996]
Copyright Date:: ©1996
Physical Description:: x, 147 pages ; 22 cm

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Poem as Fact: The Historical Method in Literary Criticism -- 2.Stage Directions for Sophocles' Oedipus the King -- 3.Oedipus Pharmakos? Alleged Scapegoating in the Play -- 4.Asserting Eternal Providence: The Question of Guilt -- 5.The Authority of Prophecy: Theodicy in the play -- 6.Reading the Name of Oedipus and Other Riddles -- 7.The Humiliation of Oedipus -- 8.Conclusion -- App. A The Date of the Play -- App. B The Scene of the Crime.

Subject(s):

Sophocles. Oedipus Rex
Apollo (Deity)—In literature
Justice in literature

ISBN:

0773515003

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [125-141) and index.

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