Oedipus

A Folklore Casebook
Herausgeber: Edmunds, Lowell; Dundes, Alan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Looking beyond the story related in Sophocles' drama, this book examines variations of the Oedipus tale from around the world. Taking sociological, psychological, anthropological and structuralist perspectives, the 19 essays reveal the complexities and multiple meanings of this centuries-old tale.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 146mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780299148508
• ISBN-10: 0299148505
• Artikelnr.: 54713171

Autorenporträt

Lowell Edmunds is professor of classics at Rutgers University. He is the author of many books including Myth in Homer: A Handbook and Approaches to Greek Mythology. Alan Dundes is professor of folklore and anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. His other casebooks published by the University of Wisconsin Press include Folk Law, The Cockfight, The Evil Eye, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and The Blood Libel Legend. He is also the author of Parsing through Customs: Essays by a Freudian Folklorist .