Sophocles: Plays: Oedipus Tyrannus
Sophocles: Plays: Oedipus Tyrannus
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Summary
R.C. Jebb's editions of Sophocles' plays appeared in the last years of the 19th century. They are distinguished by the author's sensitive, literary and dramatic interpretations and his neat translations that face the Greek text.
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Sophocles: Plays: Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles
This is one of the seven plays of Sophocles in the full editions by R.C. Jebb, all of which will be reissued under the BCP imprint. They have occasionally been reprinted but never before in affordable paperback versions. In this set, each volume contains a foreword by P.E. Easterling, concerned with Jebb and his contribution to Sophoclean scholarship; there follows an introduction by a noted Sophoclean scholar dealing with Jebb's treatment of the individual play and its value for - and contrast with - subsequent interpretations, for which a select bibliography is included.
Richard Clavarhouse Jebb, Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, was one of the foremost classicists of the Victorian era. His editions of Sophocles' plays appeared in the last fifteen years of the 19th century. They are distinguished by the sensitivity of Jebb's literary and dramatic interpretations, and the neat translation facing the Greek text. They have had a profound influence on subsequent Sophoclean scholarship. P.E. Easterling, editor of this series and author of the new Foreword to each volume, is Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Newnham College. She is general editor of the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series. Michael Silk is Professor of Greek Language and Literature at King's College in the University of London. His publications include Nietzsche on Tragedy (with J.P. Stern; 1981), Tragedy and the Tragic: Greek Theatre and Beyond (1996), and Aristophanes and the Definition of Comedy (2000).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781853996436 |
| ISBN 10 | 1853996432 |
| Title | Sophocles: Plays: Oedipus Tyrannus |
| Author | Sophocles |
| Series | Classic Commentaries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2004-02-26 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |