Oedipus the King/Oedipus rex [Audiobook] download free by Sophocles
- Listen audiobook: Oedipus the King/Oedipus rex
- Author: Sophocles
- Release date: 2009/4/22
- Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9780713686760
- Rating: 7.47 of 10
- Votes: 649
- Review by: Hana Wills
- Review rating: 9.37 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/23
- Duration: 1H36M13S in 256 kbps (25.6 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-29
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG-4 SLS, MPEG4, MP3, FLAC, WMA, WAV (compression AZW4, ZIP, RAR, LZ, Z)
- Total pages original book: 128
- Includes a PDF summary of 11 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 9M15S (2.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Since it was first performed in Athens in the 420s BC, Oedipus the King has been widely regarded as Sophocles' greatest tragedy and one of the foundation stones of western drama. Taken as a model by Aristotle in his Poetics, it became a yardstick for future generations. Since the play's rediscovery in the Renaissance, audiences - including Sigmund Freud - have found new interpretations and meanings in Sophocles' portrayal of the Theban king, inexorably pursuing the truth, only to discover that he has killed his father and married his mother. This translation by Don Taylor, accurate yet poetic, was made for a BBC TV production of the Theban Plays in 1986, which he also directed. Commentary and notes by Angie Varakis.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Plays, Playscripts, Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights
- Download servers: Google Drive, FilePup.net, MEGA, Microsoft OneDrive, 700 files, FreakShare, Torrent. Compressed in AZW4, ZIP, RAR, LZ, Z
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 12.39 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x8mm
- Weight: 111g
- Printed by: METHUEN DRAMA
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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