Oedipus tyrannus : a new translation passages from ancient authors religion and psychology: some studies. Criticism / Translated and edited by Luci Berkowitz and Theodore F. Brunner.

By: Sophocles Contributor(s): Berkowitz, Luci | Brunner, Theodore F Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: A Norton critical editionPublication details: New York, Norton : 1970. Description: viii, 261 p. : map ; 22 cmISBN: 0393098745 (pbk); 9780393098747Uniform titles: Oedipus Rex. Subject(s): TragedyGenre/Form: Tragedies. DDC classification: 882.01 LOC classification: PA4414.O7 | B4Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC Text of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus -- Map -- Passages from Ancient Authors -- Homer's Odyssey, Book 11, lines : Thucydides' account of the plague -- Jocasta's opening speech in Euripides' Phoenissae -- Religion and psychology : some studies -- [The Origin of the Oedipus Myth] / Martin P. Nilsson -- [Oedipus and Job] / Meyer Fortes -- Oracles and dramaturgy / Gordon M. Kirkwood -- Taboo and neurotic guilt in the oedipus theme / Thalia Phillies Feldman -- [The Oedipus Complex] / Sigmund Freud -- Criticism -- Essays in criticism -- Selections from Aristotle's poetics -- [Sophoclean Characters] / C.M. Bowra -- [The Characters of the Oedipus Tyrannus] / R.C. Jebb -- Oedipus Tyrannus / S.M. Adams -- Drama of dramas : The Oedipus Tyrannus / A.J.A. Waldock -- [Oedipus : An Analytic Tragedy] / Albin Lesky -- [Sophocles and the tragic character] / Werner Jaeger -- [The triple fate of Oedipus] / Friedrich Nietzsche -- [The Tyrannus : action and actors] / John Jones -- [The drama of Oedipus] / D.W. Lucas -- [Oedipus and god] / Bernard M.W. Knox -- [Jocasta] / Cedric H. Whitman -- [The chorus in the Tyrannus] / Richmond Lattimore -- Oedipus and the absurd life / Robert Cohen -- Oedipus Rex : The Tragic Rhythm of Action / Francis Fergusson -- Hamlet and the Oedipus / H.D.F. Kitto -- Problem of Guilt -- Innocence of Oedipus / J.T. Sheppard -- [The Flaw of Oedipus] / Laszlo Versenyi -- Guilt of Oedipus / P.H. Vellacott -- On Misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex / E.R. Dodds -- Chorus in Oedipus Tyrannus / P.H. Vellacott -- Innocence of Oedipus / Thomas Gould -- Guilt of Oedipus / Philip Wheelwright.

Summary: Summary: The text is accompanied by a wealth of carefully chosen background materials and essays. Among the background materials are selections from Homer's Odyssey, Thucydides' account of the plague, and Euripides' Phoenissae. The best of ancient and modern criticism is represented, permitting discussion from many points of view: psychological, religious, anthropological, dramatic, and literary.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Fiction	882.01 OED 1970 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan	18005
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Fiction	882.01 OED 1970 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-2	Not For Loan	22891
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Circulation Section	Fiction	882.01 OED 1970 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-3	Available	22892
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Circulation Section	Fiction	882.01 OED 1970 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-4	Available	22893
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Circulation Section	Fiction	882.01 OED 1970 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-5	Available	22894
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Circulation Section	Fiction	882.01 OED 1970 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-6	Available	22890

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TOC Text of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus --
Map --
Passages from Ancient Authors --
Homer's Odyssey, Book 11, lines : Thucydides' account of the plague --
Jocasta's opening speech in Euripides' Phoenissae --
Religion and psychology : some studies --
[The Origin of the Oedipus Myth] / Martin P. Nilsson --
[Oedipus and Job] / Meyer Fortes --
Oracles and dramaturgy / Gordon M. Kirkwood --
Taboo and neurotic guilt in the oedipus theme / Thalia Phillies Feldman --
[The Oedipus Complex] / Sigmund Freud --
Criticism --
Essays in criticism --
Selections from Aristotle's poetics --
[Sophoclean Characters] / C.M. Bowra --
[The Characters of the Oedipus Tyrannus] / R.C. Jebb --
Oedipus Tyrannus / S.M. Adams --
Drama of dramas : The Oedipus Tyrannus / A.J.A. Waldock --
[Oedipus : An Analytic Tragedy] / Albin Lesky --
[Sophocles and the tragic character] / Werner Jaeger --
[The triple fate of Oedipus] / Friedrich Nietzsche --
[The Tyrannus : action and actors] / John Jones --
[The drama of Oedipus] / D.W. Lucas --
[Oedipus and god] / Bernard M.W. Knox --
[Jocasta] / Cedric H. Whitman --
[The chorus in the Tyrannus] / Richmond Lattimore --
Oedipus and the absurd life / Robert Cohen --
Oedipus Rex : The Tragic Rhythm of Action / Francis Fergusson --
Hamlet and the Oedipus / H.D.F. Kitto --
Problem of Guilt --
Innocence of Oedipus / J.T. Sheppard --
[The Flaw of Oedipus] / Laszlo Versenyi --
Guilt of Oedipus / P.H. Vellacott --
On Misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex / E.R. Dodds --
Chorus in Oedipus Tyrannus / P.H. Vellacott --
Innocence of Oedipus / Thomas Gould --
Guilt of Oedipus / Philip Wheelwright.

Summary:
The text is accompanied by a wealth of carefully chosen background materials and essays. Among the background materials are selections from Homer's Odyssey, Thucydides' account of the plague, and Euripides' Phoenissae. The best of ancient and modern criticism is represented, permitting discussion from many points of view: psychological, religious, anthropological, dramatic, and literary.

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