Oedipus the king /

Oedipus the king /

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Author / Creator:	Sophocles, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore : Cambridge University Press, 2018. ©2018
Description:	xiv, 708 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English Ancient Greek
Series:	Cambridge classical texts and commentaries ; 57 Cambridge classical texts and commentaries ; 57.
Subject:	Sophocles. -- Oedipus Rex. Oedipus -- (Greek mythological figure) -- Drama. Oedipus -- (Greek mythological figure) Oedipus Rex (Sophocles) Drama. Translations.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11604955

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Other uniform titles:	Container of (expression): Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. English (Finglass) Container of (expression): Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. Greek (Finglass) Finglass, Patrick, 1979-
ISBN:	9781108419512 1108419518
Notes:	Text in English and Greek.
Summary:	"For centuries the myth of Oedipus, the man who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother, has exerted a powerful hold on the human imagination; but no retelling of that myth has ever come close, in passion, drama, and menace to the one that we find in Sophocles' Oedipus the King. This new full-scale edition of that classic play - the first in any language since 1883 - offers a freshly constituted text based on consultation of manuscripts ancient and mediaeval. The Introduction explores the play's dating and production, its creative engagement with pre-Sophoclean versions, its major themes, and its reception during antiquity. The Commentary offers a detailed analysis, line by line and scene by scene, of the play's language, staging, and dramatic impact. The translation incorporated into the commentary ensures that the book will be accessible to all readers interested in what is arguably the greatest Greek tragedy of all"-- "Oedipus the King is a central work of western literature, a play for which the term 'canonical' might have been invented; yet there has been no new critical edition of the play with introduction and detailed commentary (editio maior) in any language since 1883"--

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Call Number:	PA4414.A2 F56 2018
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