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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Paul Woodruff (Distinguished Teaching Professor, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 20.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 13.70cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780190669454ISBN 10: 0190669454 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 16 August 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents"Series Editor's Foreword, Richard Eldridge Contributors Editor's Introduction 1. Oedipus Tyrannus and the Cognitive Value of Literature 2. The Killing Feet: Evidence and Evidence-Sensitivity in Oedipus Tyrannus 3. In the Ruins of Self-Knowledge: Oedipus Unmade 4. ""Tyranny,"" Enlightenment, and Religion: Sophocles' Sympathetic Critique of Periclean Athens in Oedipus the Tyrant 5. Gods, Fate, and Character in the Oedipus Plays 6. Aging Oedipus 7. Truth and Self at Colonus 8. The Goodness of Death in Oedipus at Colonus"ReviewsThis is a successful book; the essays are well-written and the contributors have each done a good job in answering the questions they have been set or which they have set themselves ... The philosophical legacies of the Sophoclean Oedipus are manifold and ever proliferating, and this book gives a glimpse into just one of the many ways in which they can and should be explored. * Adam Lecznar, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * This is a successful book; the essays are well-written and the contributors have each done a good job in answering the questions they have been set or which they have set themselves ... The philosophical legacies of the Sophoclean Oedipus are manifold and ever proliferating, and this book gives a glimpse into just one of the many ways in which they can and should be explored. -- Adam Lecznar, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Author InformationPaul Woodruff is a professor of philosophy and classics at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published on ancient Greek philosophy, ethics, and philosophy of theater. His recent books include The Necessity of Theater: the Art of Watching and Being Watched (2008), and The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness, and Rewards (2011). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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