Publications

Authors:

Bigliazzi, Silvia

Title:

Oedipus at Colonus and King Lear: Classical and Early Modern Intersections

Year:

2019

Type of item:

Curatela

Tipologia ANVUR:

Curatela

Language:

Inglese

Format:

Elettronico

Publisher:

Skenè

ISBN:

9791220061858

Keyword:

Oedipus at Colonus; King Lear; Sophocles; William Shakespeare

Short description of contents:

The story of King Lear seems to fill in the blank space separating the end of Oedipus Tyrannus and the beginning of Oedipus at Colonus. In both Oedipus at Colonus and the latter part of King Lear we are presented with an old man who was once a King and, following his expulsion from his kingdom on account of a crime or of an error, is turned into a ‘no-thing’. This happens in the time of the division of the kingdom, which is also the time of the genesis of intraspecific conflict and, consequently, of the end of the dynasty. This collection of essays offers a range of perspectives on the many common concerns of these two plays, from the relation between fathers and sons/daughters to madness and wisdom, from sinning and suffering to ‘being’ and ‘non-being’ in human and divine time. It also offers an overarching critical frame that interrogates questions of ‘source’ and ‘reception’, probing into the possible exchangeability of perspectives in a game of mirrors that challenges ideas of origin.

Web page:

https://textsandstudies.skeneproject.it/index.php/TS/catalog/book/67

Product ID:

111688

Handle IRIS:

11562/1008968

Last Modified:

November 4, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Oedipus at Colonus and King Lear: Classical and Early Modern Intersections , eds. Bigliazzi, Silvia , Skenè , 2019

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