Oedipus The Wreck: Or To Trace The Knave

by Owen Seaman, John D. Batten, Lancelot Speed

Book Overview

""Oedipus The Wreck: Or To Trace The Knave"" is a book written by Owen Seaman. The book is a retelling of the Greek myth of Oedipus, who unknowingly fulfilled a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. In Seaman's version, Oedipus is a sailor who is shipwrecked on an island where he meets a woman named Jocasta. They fall in love and get married, but eventually, Oedipus realizes that Jocasta is his mother. The book explores themes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1163759902
• ISBN13: 9781163759905
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"