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Sophocles: Oedipus the King
Contributor(s): Finglass, P. J. (Editor), Finglass, P. J. (Translator)
ISBN: 1108419518     ISBN-13: 9781108419512
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $190.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2018
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient - General
- Drama | Ancient & Classical
Dewey: 882.01
LCCN: 2017023993
Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
Physical Information: 1.45" H x 5.68" W x 8.73" (2.42 lbs) 720 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Publisher Description:
For centuries the myth of Oedipus, the man who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother, has exerted a powerful hold on the human imagination; but no retelling of that myth has ever come close, in passion, drama, and menace to the one that we find in Sophocles' Oedipus the King. This new full-scale edition of that classic play - the first in any language since 1883 - offers a freshly constituted text based on consultation of manuscripts ancient and mediaeval. The Introduction explores the play's dating and production, its creative engagement with pre-Sophoclean versions, its major themes, and its reception during antiquity. The Commentary offers a detailed analysis, line by line and scene by scene, of the play's language, staging, and dramatic impact. The translation incorporated into the commentary ensures that the book will be accessible to all readers interested in what is arguably the greatest Greek tragedy of all.

Contributor Bio(s): Finglass, Patrick: - P. J. FINGLASS is Professor of Greek and Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Nottingham, and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He has published widely on ancient Greek literature, including editions of Stesichorus (2014), of Sophocles' Ajax (2011) and Electra (2007), and of Pindar's Pythian Eleven (2007) with the series Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, as well as articles and chapters on ancient Greek literature. In 2012 he was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize by the Leverhulme Trust, and this book was completed during the tenure of this award.