Oedipus: A Folklore Casebook

by Alan Dundes and Lowell Edmunds

Book Overview

Classicist Lowell Edmunds and folklorist Alan Dundes both note that "the Oedipus tale is not likely to ever fade from view in Western civilization, 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--Oedipus: A Folklore Casebook examines variations of the tale from Africa...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299148505
• ISBN13: 9780299148508
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"