Oedipus at Colonus : Sophocles, Athens, and the world / by Andreas Markantonatos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Markantonatos, Andreas.

Series:

Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; 87

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oedipus (Greek mythological figure)--In literature.

Narration (Rhetoric)--History--To 1500.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Tragedy.

Sophocles. Oedipus at Colonus.

Sophocles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Poet, the Polis and the Play

Chapter 2. Multiple Stories: The Oedipus Myth

Chapter 3. Sophocles and Oedipus: The Quest for Athens

Chapter 4. Religion and History: The Future of Athens

Chapter 5. Tragic Intertextuality: Hope and Fear

Chapter 6. Influence and Performance: Oedipus and the World

Conclusion

General Index

Index of Greek Words

Index of Oedipus at Colonus Passages

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110920482

3110920484

OCLC:

297356970