Oedipus /

Edmunds, Lowell.

Oedipus / Lowell Edmunds. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - 177 p. : ill. - Gods and heroes of the ancient world . - Gods and heroes of the ancient world. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why Oedipus? -- Introducing Oedipus key themes -- Oedipus before tragedy -- Oedipus on stage : fifth-century tragedy -- Latin Oedipus : Rome and the Middle ages -- Oedipus afterwards -- Rediscovery of Sophocles : from the Renaissance to the eighteenth century -- The inward turn : nineteenth and twentieth centuries conclusions and continuations.

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Oedipus (Greek mythology).

BL 820 / E24o 2006

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