Theatrical Space and Historical Place in Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus

By:

Lowell Edmunds

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches

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While Greek tragedies are often studied as works of literature, they are less frequently examined as products of the social and political environment in which they were created. Rarely, too, are the visual and spatial aspects of these plays given careful consideration. In this detailed and innovative book, Lowell Edmunds combines two readings of the Oedipus at Colonus to arrive at a new way of looking at Greek tragedy. Edmunds sets forth a semiotic theory of theatrical space, and then applies this theory to the visual and spatial dimensions of the Oedipus at Colonus. In his historical analysis, Edmunds describes the Athenian revolution of 411 B.C.E. and its effect on Colonus. The book includes an appendix on the life of Sophocles and the reception of the Oedipus at Colonus. Edmunds' unique approach to the Oedipus at Colonus. makes this an important book for students and scholars of semiotics, Greek tragedy, and theatrical performance.

Author Biography:

Lowell Edmunds is professor of classics at Rutgers University.

Release date Australia

September 19th, 1996

Author

Lowell Edmunds

Series

Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches

Contributors

Contributions by Annie L. Booth
Contributions by Anthony M. H. Clayton
Contributions by Clive Spash
Contributions by Eric Katz
Contributions by John Clark
Contributions by Matthew Gandy
Contributions by Robert Burch
Contributions by Roger King
Contributions by Roger Paden

Pages

208

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Dimensions

147x228x15

ISBN-13

9780847683208

Product ID

28252664

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