| Description |
84 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Bloom's notes |
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Bloom's notes.
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| Contents |
Critical views -- Pity and fear in Oedipus the King / Aris[t]otle ; Oedipus at Colonus and old age / Cicero ; Paradoxes in the story / Friedrich Nietzsche ; Moral focus of Antigone / E.S. Shuckburgh ; Sophocles' conception of the gods / T.B.L. Webster ; Dramatic technique in Oedipus the king / E.T. Owen ; Contrast between the plays / C.M. Bowra ; Wisdom, misfortune, and guilt / Cedric H. Whitman ; Existentialism in Oedipus the king / Richmond H. Hathorn ; Antigone and Ismene / G.M. Kirkwood ; Role of the gods in Antigone / H.D.F. Kitto ; Oedipus' death / Bernard M.W. Knox ; Incest and self-blinding in the play / G. Devereux ; Character of Creon / R.P. Winnington-Ingram ; Seeing in Oedipus at Colonus / David Seale ; Antigone's flaws / Richard W. Minadeo ; Antigone's Ode to man / Warren J. & Ann M. Lane ; Antigone and marriage / Sheila Murnaghan ; Oedipus' motivations / Mary Whitlock Blundell ; Burial in Antigone / Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood ; Character of Jocasta / Frederick Ahl ; Oedipus and Laius in Oedipus the king / Pietro Pucci ; Greatness of Oedipus the king / Charles Segal. |
| Note |
"A contemporary literary views book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-81) and index. |
| Summary |
Includes a brief biography of Sophocles, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas. |
| Subject |
Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.
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Sophocles. Oedipus at Colonus.
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Sophocles. Antigone.
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Oedipus (Greek mythology) in literature.
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Antigone (Greek mythology) in literature.
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Tragedy.
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Greek drama -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Bloom, Harold.
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| Added Title |
Oedipus plays |
| ISBN |
0791040704 |
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0791040992 paperback |
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