Oedipus: A Folklore Casebook

ISBN-13: 9780299148546 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 284 str.

Lowell Edmunds; Alan Dundes

Opis

Classicist Lowell Edmunds and folklorist Alan Dundes note that the Oedipus tale is not likely to ever fade from view in Western civilisation, 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 - this book examines variations of the tale from Africa and South America to Eastern Europe and the Pacific. Taking sociological, psychological, anthropological and structuralist perspectives, the 19 essays reveal the complexities and multiple meanings of this centuries-old tale.