This guide lists selected sources for library criticism of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles.
Reference Books
- Masterplots, Revised Second Edition (Ref PN 44 .M33 1996) Volume(s):
- Drama Criticism (Ref PN 1601 .D59) Volume(s):
- 1: 414-16, 424-25, 425-36, 436-39, 446-51, 458-69
- Drama for Students (Ref PN 1701 .D73) Volume(s):
- 1: 202-21 (Reproductions of essays also in Literature Criticism Online database.)
- Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (use this spelling 'Oedipous Tyrannos'.) (Ref PN 88 .C552) Volume(s):
- 2: 288-90, 292, 296, 2990302, 304-05, 309-10, 313, 316, 317-22, 324, 336-40, 342-51, 359-62, 371-76, 382-88, 393-97, 408-10, 415,22, 423-26, 426-27, 427-29
- 47: 269-360
- 51: 294, 300-301, 313 (volume not at GCC)
General Collection Books (may be checked out)
- Bloom, Harold, ed. Sophocles. (PA 4417 .S69 2003)
- Bloom, Harold, ed. Sophocles' Oedipus Plays: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, & Antigone. (PA 4417 .S693 1999) (1996 ed. available in netLibrary)
- Bloom, Harold, ed. Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. (PA 4413 .O7 S66 2007)
- Bowra, C.M. Sophoclean Tragedy. (PA 4417 .B77)
- Cameron, Aistair. The Identity of Oedipus the King: Five Essays on the
Oedipus Tyrannus. (PA 4413 .O7 C3)
- Girard, Rene. Oedipus Unbound: Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire. (PA 4413 .O7 G57 2004)
- Hathorn, R.Y. "The Existential Oedipus." Tragedy, Myth, and Mystery. (PN 1892 .H27) (pp. 79-85)
- Jones, John. "Action and Actors: Antigone and Oedipus the King." On Aristotle and Greek Tragedy. (PA 3131 .J6 1980) (pp. 177-191)
- Kitto, H.D.F. "Sophocles." Poiesis: Structure and Thought. (PA
3054 .K5) (pp.153-242)
- Knox, Bernard M. W. The Heroic Temper: Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy.
(PA 4417 .K55)
- Knox, Bernard M. W. Oedipus at Thebes: Sophocles Tragic Hero and His Time. (PA 4413 .O7 K55 1998) (also available through netLibrary)
- Nardo, Don, ed. Readings on Sophocles. (PA 4417 .R38 1997)
- O'Brien, M.J., ed. Twentieth Century Interpretations of Oedipus Rex: A Collection of Critical Essays.(PA 4413 .O7 O2)
- Scodel, Ruth. Sophocles. (PA 4417 .S44 1984)
- Segal, Charles. Oedipus Tyrannus: Tragic Heroism and the Limits of Knowledge. (PA 4413 .O7 S52, 2001) [Reserve]
- Segal, Charles. Tragedy and Civilization: An Interpretation of Sophocles. (PA 4417 .S4) (PA 4417 .S4 1999)
- Sewall, R. B. "Oedipus the King." The Vision of Tragedy. (PN 1892 .S43) (pp. 25-43)
- Smith, Helaine L. "Sophocles: The Oedipus Rex." Masterpieces of Classic Greek Drama. (PA 3131 .S59 2006) (pp. 83-99)
- Versenyi, L. "Oedipus Tyrannus." Man's Measure: A Study of the Greek Image of Man from Homer to Sophocles. (PA 3052 .V4) (pp. 208-251)
- Wilder, Thornton. American Characteristics and Other Essays. (PS 3545 .I345 A79) (pp. 77-87)
E-Books
- Barrett, James. "Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus: Epistemology and Tragic Practice." Staged Narrative: Poetics and the Messenger in Greek Tragedy. (pp. 192-222) ebrary.
- Bloom, Harold, ed. Sophocles' Oedipus Plays: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, & Antigone. (PA 4417 .S693 1996) netLibrary.
- Greenberg, Mitchell. "Oedipus." Canonical States, Canoncial Stages: Oedipus, Othering, and Seventeenth-Century Drama ebrary.
- Knox, Bernard M. W. Oedipus at Thebes: Sophocles Tragic Hero and His Time. (PA 4413 .O7 K55 1998) netLibrary
- Rehm, Rush. "Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus." Greek Tragic Theatre. (pp.107-119) ebrary.
Online Resources (Reference Articles and Databases)
Articles
Use periodical databases, such as Academic Search Premier, Masterfile Premier, JSTOR, for recent journal articles like those posted below.
- Banker, Paul. "Doctorow's 'Billy Bathgate' and Sophocles's 'Oedipus Rex.'" Explicator 64.3 (2006): 177.
- Cardullo, Bert. "Ibsen's 'Ghosts' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex.'" Explicator 47.4 (Summer, 1989): 41-. [Use Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier]
- Chase, Cynthia. "Oedipal Textuality: Reading Freud's Reading of Oedipus." Diacritics 9.1 (Spring, 1979): 53-68. [Use JSTOR]
- Daniels, Charles B. "Is Oedipus Smart?" Philosophy and Literature 30.2 (2006) 562+ [Use LION]
- Frank, Bernhard. "'Sophocles' Oedipus the King.'"Explicator
51.1 (Fall, 1992): [Use Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier]
- Green, Janet. "Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex.'" [comment on Bernhard Frank, Explicator 51(1992)] The Explicator 55.4 (1997):
2-4. [Use General OneFile, Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier
- Lesser, Simon O. "'Oedipus the King': The Two Dramas, the Two Conflicts."
College English 29.3 (1967): 175-197. [Use JSTOR]
- Nassaar, Christopher S. "Sophocles' Oedipus the King.'" Explicator55.4 (1997): 187-89. [Use General OneFile, Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier
- Reid, Stephen A. "Teaching 'Oedipus Rex.'" College English
29.8 (1968): 615-19. [Use JSTOR]
- Searle,
Leroy F. "The Conscience of the King: Oedipus, Hamlet, and the
Problem...." Comparative Literature (49.4 (1997):
316- .) [Use Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, Wilson OmniFile,
Literature Online -LION]
- Stallybrass, Peter. "The Mystery of Walking." Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 32.3 (2002): 571-80. [Use Academic Search Premier or Project Muse]
- Vernant, Jean-Pierre. "Ambiguity and Reversal: On the Enigmatic Structure of 'Oedipus Rex.'" New Literary History 9.3 (1978):
475-501. [Use JSTOR]
- Zelenak, Michael X. "The Troublesome Reign of King Oedipus: Civic Discourse and Civil Discord in Greek Tragedy." Theatre Research International
23.1 (1998): 60+. [Use General OneFile]
Revised and updated by Karen Grondin, Fall, 2008.
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