Gregorius
Subtitle: A Medieval Oedipus Legend
Contributors: Zeydel, Edwin H.; Morgan, Bayard Quincy
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1955
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781469658674
Subjects: Literature: history & criticism
Description: Originally published in 1955, this rendering in rhyming couplets was the first English translation to appear of the medieval Oedipus legend of Gregorius, made known to readers by Thomas Mann in his novel "The Holy Sinner" (1951). The introduction situates Hartmann's poem in the pantheon of Gregorius legends by writers from Sophocles to Mann.
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