Sophocles' Oedipus rex / edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloom, Harold.

Series:

Bloom's guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.

Sophocles.

Oedipus (Greek mythological figure)--In literature.

Oedipus.

Physical Description:

118 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, [2007]

Contents:

Clifton W. Collins on shifts in perspective from Aeschylus to Sophocles

C.M. Bowra on right and wrong in Sophocles

H.D.F. Kitto on the problem of "justice"

Bernard M.W. Knox on the restoration of Oedipus

E.R. Dodds on Oedipus as a free agent

Herbert Musurillo on ship-of-state imagery

David Seale on the stagecraft of the opening scene

Cynthia P. Gardiner on the contribution of the chorus

Christopher Rocco on "tyrannos"

Felix Budelmann on the expanded focus of the play

Alan H. Sommerstein on the world of Sophocles.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.

ISBN:

9780791093603

0791093603

OCLC:

85833426