Oedipus Unbound: Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire - Paperback
by René Girard
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Availability:In StockContributor:René Girard, Mark R. Anspach (Editor)Publish date:02/04/04Pages:131
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804747806ISBN-10:804747806UPC:9780804747806Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:ShakespeareSize:9.12 x 6.08 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCT2EZZ4WA
Oedipus Unbound: Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire
Did Oedipus really kill his father and marry his mother? Or is he nothing but a scapegoat, set up to take the blame for a crisis afflicting Thebes? For Ren? Girard, the mythic accusations of patricide and incest are symptomatic of a plague-stricken community's hunt for a culprit to punish, and Girard succeeds in making us see an age-old myth in a wholly new light.
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804747806ISBN-10:804747806UPC:9780804747806Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:ShakespeareSize:9.12 x 6.08 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCT2EZZ4WA
Ren? Girard is Professor Emeritus of French at Stanford University. He is the author of many books, including Violence and the Sacred (1977), The Scapegoat (1986), Job: The Victim of His People (Stanford, 1987), Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (Stanford, 1987), and I See Satan Fall Like Lightning (2001).
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