Oedipus Tyrannus, Sophocles - Further Reading
FURTHER READING
CRITICISM
Ahl, Frederick. “Oracular Wordplay.” In Sophocles' Oedipus: Evidence and Self-Conviction, pp. 244-59. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1991.
Examines the wordplay in Sophocles's choice of names for his characters.
Arkins, Brian. “The Final Lines of Sophocles, King Oedipus (1524-30).” Classical Quarterly 38, No. 2 (1988): 555-58.
Argues that the closing lines of King Oedipus, although often questioned by scholars, are, in fact, genuine.
Armstrong, Richard H. “Oedipus as Evidence: The Theatrical Background to Freud's Oedipus Complex.” http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/journal/articles/psyart1999/oedipus/armstr01.htm.
Examines Freud's assertion that Oedipus Tyrannus moves modern audiences with as much intensity as it did...
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