Oedipus Tyrannus

Intended for the student and general reader this close literary study of the most famous Greek tragedy combines scene-by-scene literary analysis with an account of the play''s historical intellectual social and mythical background. It traces adaptions of the play from Aristotle on to Freud Levi-Strauss Lacan and the most recent criticism. This second edition draws on new approaches to the study of Greek tragedy; discusses the most recent interpretative scholarship on the play; and contains an annotated up-to-date bibliography.