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Books : Oedipus the King (Methuen Drama: Student Editions)In association with Amazon.comby: Sophocles  List Price: $14.95 Amazon.com's Price: $11.66 You Save: $3.29 (22%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 882.01 EAN: 9780713686760 ISBN: 0713686766 Label: Methuen Drama Manufacturer: Methuen Drama Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: October 01, 2008 Publisher: Methuen Drama Studio: Methuen Drama Sales Rank: 1219317 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Since it was first performed in Athens in the 420s BC, Oedipus the King has been widely regarded as Sophocles' greatest tragedy and one of the foundation stones of Western drama. Don Taylor's translation, accurate yet poetic, was made for a BBC TV production of the Theban plays in 1986, which he also directed. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Confusing Amazon Page!This book is supposed to be the Heritage Press 1956 semi-luxe binding in slipcase with Greek and English side by side, translated by Storr. All or most of the reviews are apparently for other editions. Rating:  - More than a translationOedipus the King is one of the classic works of Western literature. It was originally written as a play in around 429 BC by Sophocles (~496-406 BC), a Greek philosopher and playwright. It took the Greek world by storm, and has been handed down to future generations who have also been greatly influenced by it. Most notably in modern times, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) took this work as pointing toward a deep-rooted psychosis, the Oedipus Complex. Oedipus the King (also known as Oedipus Rex ... Read More Rating: - MisleadingWarning to all those who are reading this for a school assignment: you may think that an "enriched classic" is simply the text with commentary also included. Not so, with this book. They shouldn't call it an "enriched classic". They should call it "dumbed down for lazy readers." Rating:  - Oedipus reviewOedipus was a weird book to reab, because the plot was all twisted. The characters in the book are nasty. Oedipus kills his father and has two kids with his mother..... Rating: - This is a tragedyThe central statement of Greek tragedy is that Man can not control his Destiny; that there is an ineluctable Fate, preordained and inescapable. No matter how much the poor humans fight against it, it must be fulfilled. And there is no character as tragic as Oedipus in all literature. In this play, we see Oedipus as a successful man who has become King of Thebes, happily married to an older woman named Iocasta. As the play unfolds, we can feel the proximity of something terrible indeed. When the blind ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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