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Beschreibung:

XIV; 256 S.; 22 cm. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag.

Bemerkung:

Gutes Ex.; Seiten etwas gebräunt. - Englisch. // INHALT : PREFACE --- OEDIPUS TYRANNUS --- Chapter 1 The Play and Its Author --- The Sophocles tradition Spectators and readers A new interpretation 'Outside the play'? Principles of study Unique structure of O. T. Six questions Oedipus in Thebes Sophocles and his material --- Chapter 2 King and People (lines 1-215) --- Content of tragedy (G. Wilson Knight) --- The human condition --- 'Temporal' and 'spatial' aspects --- Knowing and not-knowing --- The Prologue --- The name 'Oedipus' --- Oedipus aware in the Prologue --- Creon and the eye-witness --- The Elders --- Note on lines 44-5 --- Chapter 3 The Outer Circle (lines 216-512) --- What was prophecy? --- The proclamation --- The Elders and the eye-witness --- Oedipus and Teiresias --- Contents --- What happens in the scene --- Points demanding study --- Measurement of time --- Oedipus' anger --- Oedipus' answers to Teiresias --- Is Teiresias heard and understood? --- The attack on Creon --- 'Who was my father?' --- The First Stasimon --- Chapter 4 The Second Episode (lines 515-862) --- Oedipus and Creon --- Creon's inquiry --- Creon's knowledge --- Oedipus' collapse --- Iocasta's part and character --- First mention of scarred feet --- Infant exposure --- Tolstoy --- 'Live at random' --- Oedipus' story --- The sudden switch --- The Elders enlightened --- locasta's knowledge --- Chapter 5 The Olympian Laws (lines 863-910) --- The Elders afraid --- The Elders indignant --- 'If these things shall not fit ...' --- The Elders justified --- The central issue of the tragedy --- Close of the scene --- Chapter 6 The Third Episode (lines 911-1085) --- Iocasta prays The Corinthian Harping on Merope Philosophy of Chance Oedipus and the Corinthian // (u.a.) ISBN 0472934007