Oedipus: The Ancient Legend and Its Later Analogues
- ISBN-10
- 142143718X
- ISBN-13
- 9781421437187
- Series
- Oedipus
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 268
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-02-03
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Author
- Lowell Edmunds
Description
Drawing on more than seventy works that dispersed the Oedipus legend from Greece to Asia, Africa, and the Americas, Edmunds provides a foundation for discussion of the lasting appeal of this legend, for claims of its universality, and for its uses as a vehicle for personal and cultural expression.
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- 2005
- 69 pages
- Paperback
- Gallery Books
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