Oedipus at Colonus - Sophocles, Athens, and the World (Hardcover, Reprint 2012)

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.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Untersuchungen zur Antiken Literatur und Geschichte
Release date:	March 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Andreas Markantonatos
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	370
Edition:	Reprint 2012
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-019326-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
LSN:	3-11-019326-4
Barcode:	9783110193268

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