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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 andContinue
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nybooks published on Fri, 27 Aug 2010
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One of the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies and a masterpiece of dramatic construction. Catastrophe ensues when King Oedipus discovers he has inadvertently killed his father and married his mother. Masterly use of dramatic irony greatly intensifies impact of agonizing events. Sophocles’ fines ... (continue)
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- Audio Cassette
- ISBN-10: 9996101835
- ISBN-13: 9789996101830
- Publisher: Soundelux Audio Pub
- Pub date: Jan 01, 1986
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Unbound and Others
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