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Oedipus: A Folklore Casebook
University of Wisconsin Press, 1995 Cloth: 978-0-299-14850-8 | Paper: 978-0-299-14854-6 | eISBN: 978-0-299-14853-9 Library of Congress Classification GR75.O3O3 1995 Dewey Decimal Classification 398.352
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Classicist Lowell Edmunds and folklorist Alan Dundes both note that “the Oedipus tale is not likely to ever fade from view in Western civilization, [as] the tale continues to pack a critical family drama into a timeless form.” Looking beyond the story related in Sophocles’ drama—the ancient Theban myth of the son who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother—Oedipus: A Folklore Casebook examines variations of the tale from Africa and South America to Eastern Europe and the Pacific. Taking sociological, psychological, anthropological, and structuralist perspectives, the nineteen essays reveal the complexities and multiple meanings of this centuries-old tale. See other books on: Dundes, Alan | Edmunds, Lowell | Folklore & Mythology | Oedipus | Oedipus (Tale) See other titles from University of Wisconsin Press |
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