Fate and ambiguity in Oedipus the King
Stelios Ramfos; translated by Norman Russell
Publisher: Boston : Somerset Hall Press, c2005.
ISBN: 0972466193
LCC: PA4413
Edition: (pbk.)
Notes:
"Foreword by Olympia Dukakis"--Cover.
"Greek original by Stelios Ramfos published by Ekdoseis Harmos,
Athens, Greece"--T.p. verso.
Contents: Prologue: fate and ambiguity -- Parodos: the immediacy of
ancient poetry -- First epeisodion: the mystery of identity -- First
stasimon: Sophocles' handling of psychological tension -- Second
epeisodion: the isolation of the hero -- Third epeisodion: the
intensification of the quest for identity -- Second stasimon: an
appeal to divine justice -- Fourth epeisodion: fate and true
knowledge -- Third stasimon: poetry and the art of translation --
Fifth epeisodion: the dňouement -- Fourth stasimon: poetry and
metaphor -- Sixth epeisodion: the deepening of interiority -- Exodos:
the emergence of individuality in the pain of truth.
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