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1 online resource (ix, 274 pages) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Oedipus Rex in Albania / Margaret Hasluck -- The Oedipus legend in south Slavic folk tradition / Friedrich S. Krauss -- An Oedipus myth in Gypsy tradition / Mirella Karpati -- The Legend of Oedipus / James G. Frazer -- Oedipus in Alur folklore / A.W. Southall -- Oedipus in Bushman folklore / Megan Biesele -- Oedipus in Papuan folklore / F.E. Williams -- The Dragon of Tagaung / R. Grant Brown -- Oedipus-type tales in Oceania / William A. Lessa -- Oedipus in the light of folklore / Vladimir Propp -- Is the legend of Oedipus a folktale? / Alexander H. Krappe -- On the Oedipus myth / Georgios A. Megas -- The Sphinx in the Oedipus legend / Lowell Edmunds -- Freud on Oedipus / Sigmund Freud -- Oedipus and Erichthonius: some observations of paradigmatic and syntagmatic order / John Peradotto -- Cú-chulainn and the origin of totemism / Géza Róheim -- The Oedipus complex in Burma / Melford E. Spiro -- Why Oedipus killed Laius: a note on the complementary Oedipus complex in Greek drama / George Devereux -- The Indian Oedipus / A.K. Ramanujan |
| Summary |
Looking beyond the story related in Sophocles' drama, this book examines variations of the Oedipus tale from around the world. Taking sociological, psychological, anthropological and structuralist perspectives, the 19 essays reveal the complexities and multiple meanings of this centuries-old tale |
| Analysis |
Tales |
| Notes |
Originally published: New York : Garland, 1983. With new bibliographical addendum |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| SUBJECT |
Oedipe (mythologie grecque) ram |
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Oedipus (Tale)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Oedipus (Tale)
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Edmunds, Lowell
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Dundes, Alan
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| LC no. |
95031697 |
| ISBN |
9780299148539 |
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029914853X |
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1282788183 |
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9781282788183 |
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9786612788185 |
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6612788186 |
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