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A New Interpretation of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus : In the Light and Darkness of Apollo

Author
Kawashima, Shigenari, 1938-
Published
Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2014.
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1 online resource (204 pages)
Additional Creators
Yamagata, Naoko
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Contents
A New Interpretation of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus: In the Light and Darkness of Apollo; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Abstract; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Translator's Introduction; Prologue -- Preface to Drama; Chapter 1 -- Chance (Tyche) and Irony; Chnapter 2 -- Tiresias and Creon; Chapter 3 -- Jocasta and The Oracle of Apollo; Chapter 4 -- Jocasta and Tyche (Chance); Chapter 5 -- The Second Stasimon; Chapter 6 -- Truth (Aletheia) and Daimon; Chapter 7 -- The Blind Oedipus; Bibliography; Index.
Summary
This unique and fresh interpretation of an enigmatic classic provides a better understanding of the play's religious and political undertones with an innovative and focused examination which proposes an earlier recognition than previously assumed of the whole truth by Jocasta. This will become an indispensable reference book for Classical scholars in this first ever English translation.
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9780773445949 (electronic bk.)
0773445943 (electronic bk.)
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