Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
By: edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
Contributors: Bloom, Harold.
Series: Modern critical interpretations
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Sophocles; Oedipus (Greek mythology) in literature; Classical literature -- History and criticism
Description: A collection of eight critical essays on the classical tragedy, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 165-167.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Sophocles' Oedipus / Bernard Knox; title: Action and actors / John Jones; title: On misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex / E.R. Dobbs; title: The innocence of Oedipus / Thomas Gould; title: Illusion and truth in Oedipus Tyrannus / Karl Reinhardt; title: Ambiguity and reversal / J.P. Vernant; title: The music of the sphinx / Charles Segal; title: The language of Oedipus / John Gould.