Sophocles: Oedipus the King

Buch | Softcover

722 Seiten

2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-41126-4 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

This major new edition of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, the first full-scale edition for a hundred and thirty years, takes a fresh look at a landmark in world literature; a newly constituted text is accompanied by a detailed introduction and commentary, as well as a full scholarly translation.

For centuries the myth of Oedipus, the man who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother, has exerted a powerful hold on the human imagination; but no retelling of that myth has ever come close, in passion, drama, and menace to the one that we find in Sophocles' Oedipus the King. This new full-scale edition of that classic play - the first in any language since 1883 - offers a freshly constituted text based on consultation of manuscripts ancient and mediaeval. The Introduction explores the play's dating and production, its creative engagement with pre-Sophoclean versions, its major themes, and its reception during antiquity. The Commentary offers a detailed analysis, line by line and scene by scene, of the play's language, staging, and dramatic impact. The translation incorporated into the commentary ensures that the book will be accessible to all readers interested in what is arguably the greatest Greek tragedy of all.

P. J. Finglass is Professor of Greek and Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Nottingham, and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He has published widely on ancient Greek literature, including editions of Stesichorus (2014), of Sophocles' Ajax (2011) and Electra (2007), and of Pindar's Pythian Eleven (2007) with the series Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, as well as articles and chapters on ancient Greek literature. In 2012, he was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize by the Leverhulme Trust.

Preface; Introduction; Text and critical apparatus; Commentary; Bibliography; Indices.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.03.2022
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
Übersetzer	P. J. Finglass
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	882 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-108-41126-6 / 1108411266
ISBN-13	978-1-108-41126-4 / 9781108411264
Zustand	Neuware