Oedipus - The Ancient Legend and Its Later Analogues

The power of the Oedipus legend is apparent not only in its interpretations but even more so in its variations. As Edmunds writes, Translations, adaptations, and performances still come forth in a never-ending stream. Again and again, playwrights have tried their hand at new shapings of the Sophoclean Oedipuses and often a country's Oedipus forms a whole chapter in the history of its literature. 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.
-- "Classical World"

About the author

Lowell Edmunds is an emeritus professor of classics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. His books include Intertextuality and the Reading of Roman Poetry and Poet, Public, and Performance in Ancient Greece, both published by Johns Hopkins.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Lowell Edmunds, Lowell (Professor Edmunds
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781421437187
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-3718-7
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Texte: Antike und Mittelalter, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval