Oedipus the King by Sophocles

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Oedipus the King by Sophocles

The great masterpiece on which Aristotle based his aesthetic theory of drama in the Poetics and from which Freud derived the Oedipus complex. King Oedipus puts out a sentence on the unknown murderer of his father Laius. By a gradual unfolding of incidents, Oedipus learns that he was the assassin and that Jocasta, his wife, is also his mother.
Robert Bagg is the author of five books of poetry, including Madonna of the Cello, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Prix de Rome, Guggenheim, Rockefeller, NEA, and NEH fellowships have supported his projects. Bagg's translations of Euripides and Sophocles have been staged in more than 60 productions worldwide.
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ISBN 13 9780062132086
ISBN 10 0062132083
Title Oedipus the King
Author Sophocles
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published 2012-08-20
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.