Oedipus Rex Contributor(s): Sophocles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486268772 ISBN-13: 9780486268774 Publisher: Dover Publications
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: June 1991 * Out of Print * Annotation: One of the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies and a masterpiece of dramatic construction. Catastrophe ensues when King Oedipus discovers he has inadvertently killed his father and married his mother. Masterly use of dramatic irony greatly intensifies impact of agonizing events. Sophocles' finest play, "Oedipus Rex" ranks as a towering landmark of Western drama. Explanatory footnotes. Click for more in this series: Dover Thrift Editions |
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BISAC Categories: - Drama | Ancient & Classical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: 882.01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 91009464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 14-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 9-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 1010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Dover Thrift Editions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 4.9" W x 7.8" L (0.10 lbs) 64 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Abridged, Ikids | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Description: Considered by many the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies, Oedipus Rex is Sophocles' finest play and a work of extraordinary power and resonance. Aristotle considered it a masterpiece of dramatic construction and refers to it frequently in the Poetics. |
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