Sophocles' Oedipus Rex /

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex / Oedipus Rex edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom. - Updated ed. - New Delhi : Viva Books, 2008. - viii, 245 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Bloom's modern critical interpretations .

"Viva Modern Critical Interpretations"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-233) and index.

Introduction / Oedipus : ritual and play / On misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex / The innocence of Oedipus : the philosophers on Oedipus the King / Introduction to Oedipus the King / Speech and silence : Oedipus the King / Oedipus and Teiresias / Introduction : what is a father? / The Oedipus Rex and the ancient unconscious / Knowingness and abandonment : an Oedipus for our time / Life's tragic shape : plot, design, and destiny / Harold Bloom -- Francis Fergusson -- E.R. Dodds -- Thomas Gould -- Bernard Knox -- Rebecca W. Bushnell -- Frederick Ahl -- Pietro Pucci -- Martha C. Nussbaum -- Jonathan Lear -- Charles Segal.

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