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
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Engels
- Oorspronkelijke taal
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Nederlands,
verschenen als Koning Oedipus
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First paperback edition
- Uitgever
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY, USA
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2021
- ISBN
- 9781108411264
- 1108411266
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708 pagina's
- Aantekening
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- edited with introduction, translation, and commentary by P.J. Finglass
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Oedipus the king
- Uitgever
- Oxford University Press, New York
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1978
- ISBN
- 0195023250
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114 pagina's
- Aantekening
- Includes bibliographical references
- transl. [from the Greek] by Stephen Berg and Diskin Clay
- Vert. van; Oedipus tyrannus
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Oedipus the King
- Uitgever
- University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis
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1972
- ISBN
- 0816606684
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94 pagina's
- Aantekening
- with comments by Anthony Burgess, Michael Langham, and Stanley Silverman
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Oedipus the king
- Uitgever
- Enschedé, Haarlem
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1955
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161 pagina's
- Aantekening
- the Greek text transl. into English verse by Francis Storr; with an introd. by Thornton Wilder; ill. with wood engravings by Demetrios Galanis
- Tekst in het Grieks en Engels
- Titel ook i.h. Grieks: Sophokleous Oidipous turannos
- Gedrukt in een opl. van 1500 ex., gesigneerd door de illustrator
- Colofon: "Of this edition ... have been made for ... The Limited Editions Club by Jan van Krimpen at the ... printing-house of Joh. Enschedé en Zonen in Haarlem, ...: the types used being type-designs by Mijnheer van Krimpen himself, 'Antigone' for the Greek text and 'Romulus' for the English translation."
- In hetzelfde jaar verscheen een uitg. bij The Heritage Press te New York