The Oedipus Casebook: Reading Sophocles' Oedipus the King

Bys: William Blake Tyrrell, Sophocles, Mark Rogin Anspach

Who killed Laius? Most readers assume Oedipus did. At the play's end, he stands convicted of murdering his father, marrying his mother, and triggering a deadly plague. With selections from a stellar assortment of critics including Walter Burkert, Terry Eagleton, Michel Foucault, Ren Girard, and Jean-Pierre Vernant, this book reopens the Oedipus case and lets readers judge for themselves. The Greek word for tragedy means "goat song." Is Oedipus the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611863392
• ISBN13: 9781611863390
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"