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A new interpretation of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus : in the light and darkness of Apollo / Shigenari Kawashima ; translated by Naoko Yamagata ; with a foreword by P.E. Easterling.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kawashima, Shigenari, 1938- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sophocles--Criticism and interpretation.
- Sophocles.
- Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.
- Truth in literature.
- Chance in literature.
- Providence and government of God in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (204 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, New York ; Queenston, Ontario ; Lampeter, Wales : Edwin Mellen Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-169) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-4594-3
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