Oedipus at Thebes

Oedipus at Thebes
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 0300074239
ISBN-13 : 9780300074239
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Download or read book Oedipus at Thebes written by Bernard Knox and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the way in which Sophocles' play "Oedipus Tyrannus" and its hero, Oedipus, King of Thebes, were probably received in their own time and place, and relates this to twentieth-century receptions and interpretations, including those of Sigmund Freud.


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