Author: Segal, Charles
Title: Oedipus Tyrannus: Tragic Heroism and the Limits of Knowledge
Description: New York / Oxford, Oxford University Press, (2001). 2nd edition. orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xii,196 pp. Minor rubbing. A small light smudge to rear cover. VG. ¶ Contents: Literary & Historical Context: Historical & Cultural Backround; Performance, Theater, & Social Context; The Oedipus Myth & Its Interpretation; Oedipus & the Trials of the Hero; Life's Tragic Shape: Plot, Design & Destiny; Reading 'Oedipus Tyrannus': The Crisis of the City & the King; Discovery & Reversal; Resolutiion: Tragic Suffering, Heroic Endurance; Inner Vision & Theatrical Spectacle; "To Look Upon the Light for the Last Time": The Place of 'Oedipus Tyrannus' in Sophocles' Work; Reception, Influence, & Recent Literary Criticism.

Keywords: Classical Philology, Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, Ancient Greece, Greek Literature, Literary Criticism, Theory of Knowledge, Hero Heroes, Tragedy Tragic