Oedipus The Ancient Legend and Its Later Analogues

• Hoofdauteur: Edmunds, Lowell (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Johns Hopkins University Press 2020
• Onderwerpen: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval
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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.Th...