A new interpretation of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus [electronic resource] : in the light and darkness of Apollo / Shigenari Kawashima ; translated by Naoko Yamagata ; with a foreword by P.E. Easterling.

This unique and fresh interpretation of an enigmatic classic provides a better understanding of the play's religious and political undertones with an innovative and focused examination which proposes an earlier recognition than previously assumed of the whole truth by Jocasta. This will become an in...

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Main Author:	Kawashima, Shigenari, 1938- (Author)
Other Authors:	Yamagata, Naoko (Translator), Easterling, P. E. (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Language:	English
Published:	Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Sophocles > Criticism and interpretation. Sophocles. > Oedipus Rex. Truth in literature. Chance in literature. Providence and government of God in literature.
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2014 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2014 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	A New Interpretation of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus: In the Light and Darkness of Apollo
Format:	Electronic eBook