Sophocles' Oedipus Rex / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloom, Harold.

Series:

Modern critical interpretations

Modern critical interpretations.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.

Sophocles.

Oedipus (Greek mythological figure)--In literature.

Oedipus.

Physical Description:

vii, 174 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Chelsea House Publishers, 1988.

Summary:

-- Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature-- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism-- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index

Contents:

Sophocles' Oedipus / Bernard Knox

Action and actors / John Jones

On misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex / E.R. Dobbs

The innocence of Oedipus / Thomas Gould

Illusion and truth in Oedipus Tyrannus / Karl Reinhardt

Ambiguity and reversal / J.P. Vernant

The music of the sphinx / Charles Segal

The language of Oedipus / John Gould.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 165-167.

ISBN:

0877549184

OCLC:

15696158