The Ancient Legend and Its Later Analogues Edmunds, Lowell. creator Project Muse Project Muse distributor text Electronic books. Electronic books. mdu 2019 1985 Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition, 1996 monographic eng 1 online resource (1 online resource xxii, 242 pages) The power of the Oedipus legend is apparent not only in its interpretations but even more so in its variations. As Edmunds writes, "Translations, adaptations, and performances still come forth in a never-ending stream. Again and again, playwrights have tried their hand at new shapings of the Sophoclean Oedipuses and often a country's Oedipus forms a whole chapter in the history of its literature." Drawing on more than seventy works that dispersed the Oedipus legend from Greece to Asia, Africa, and the Americas, Edmunds provides a foundation for discussion of the lasting appeal of this legend, for claims of its universality, and for its uses as a vehicle for personal and cultural expression. Lowell Edmunds. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program. Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press in 1985, and in 1996. Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and indexes. Open Access Unrestricted online access star Oedipus (Tale) Oedipus (Tale) GR75.O3 E36 1996 398.352 E24 Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, ©1985 Johns Hopkins paperbacks ed. (OCoLC)38086952 9781421437200 https://muse.jhu.edu/book/72146/ https://muse.jhu.edu/book/72146/ Open Access MdBmJHUP 141106 20210127151450.0 muse82411