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Availability:In StockContributor:SophoclesSeries:Enriched ClassicsPublish date:2005-07-01Pages:144
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781416500339ISBN-10:1416500332UPC:9781416500339Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:Ancient & ClassicalSize:6.82 x 4.20 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.16Product ID:SCG28EDE12
The famed Athenian tragedy in which Oedipus's own faults contribute to his tragic downfall.

A 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 and that Jocasta, his wife, is also his mother.

This Enriched Classic Edition includes:
-A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
-Timelines of significant events in Greek history and theater that provide the book's historical context
-An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
-Detailed explanatory notes
-Critical analysis and modern perspectives on the work
-Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
-A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience

Enriched Classics offers readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.

Series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781416500339ISBN-10:1416500332UPC:9781416500339Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:Ancient & ClassicalSize:6.82 x 4.20 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.16Product ID:SCG28EDE12
Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. Sophocles wrote over 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Enriched Classi Edition

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Sophocles

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Sophocles

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