Oedipus The Ancient Legend and Its Later Analogues

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...

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Main Author: Edmunds, Lowell (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2020
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