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Theatre of Apollo : Divine Justice and Sophocles' Oedipus the King.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996Copyright date: ©1996Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (158 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773566279
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Theatre of ApolloLOC classification:
  • PA4413.O7
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Poem as Fact: The Historical Method in Literary Criticism -- 2 Stage Directions for Sophocles' Oedipus the King -- 3 Oedipus Pharmakos? Alleged Scapegoating in the Play -- 4 Asserting Eternal Providence: The Question of Guilt -- 5 The Authority of Prophecy: Theodicy in the play -- 6 Reading the Name of Oedipus and Other Riddles -- 7 The Humiliation of Oedipus -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix A: The Date of the Play -- Appendix B: The Scene of the Crime -- Appendix C: The Meaning of &amp -- #965 -- &amp -- #966 -- &amp -- #949 -- &amp -- #953 -- &amp -- #961 -- &amp -- #960 -- &amp -- #949 -- &amp -- #947 -- &amp -- #945 -- &amp -- #961 -- &amp -- #960 -- &amp -- #959 -- &amp -- #955 -- &amp -- #965 -- (786) -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Literary critics have consistently marginalized the role of Apollo in Sophocles' Oedipus the King: some declare him to be inscrutable, others ignore him, and still others deny his existence altogether. In defiance of this long-standing critical consensus, Drew Griffith offers a new interpretation of the play by arguing that Apollo brings about Oedipus' downfall as just punishment for his hubris.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Poem as Fact: The Historical Method in Literary Criticism -- 2 Stage Directions for Sophocles' Oedipus the King -- 3 Oedipus Pharmakos? Alleged Scapegoating in the Play -- 4 Asserting Eternal Providence: The Question of Guilt -- 5 The Authority of Prophecy: Theodicy in the play -- 6 Reading the Name of Oedipus and Other Riddles -- 7 The Humiliation of Oedipus -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix A: The Date of the Play -- Appendix B: The Scene of the Crime -- Appendix C: The Meaning of &amp -- #965 -- &amp -- #966 -- &amp -- #949 -- &amp -- #953 -- &amp -- #961 -- &amp -- #960 -- &amp -- #949 -- &amp -- #947 -- &amp -- #945 -- &amp -- #961 -- &amp -- #960 -- &amp -- #959 -- &amp -- #955 -- &amp -- #965 -- (786) -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Literary critics have consistently marginalized the role of Apollo in Sophocles' Oedipus the King: some declare him to be inscrutable, others ignore him, and still others deny his existence altogether. In defiance of this long-standing critical consensus, Drew Griffith offers a new interpretation of the play by arguing that Apollo brings about Oedipus' downfall as just punishment for his hubris.

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