Oedipus at Colonus
The series consists of a variety of monographs from the fields of Classical Philology and Ancient History. While maintaining a broad thematic and methodological scope, the editors are especially keen on studies showing a thorough and critical engagement with the relevant literary texts and primary sources.
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. Thebook won the Academy of Athens Great Award for the Best Monograph in Classical Philology for 2008.
| Autor: | Markantonatos, Andreas |
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| ISBN: | 9783110193268 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 370 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | De Gruyter |
| Veröffentlicht: | 19.03.2007 |
| Untertitel: | Sophocles, Athens, and the World |
| Schlagworte: | Greek tragedy Sophocles Sophokles |
Andreas Markantonatos, University of Patras, Greece.