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Oedipus

A Folklore Casebook

Oedipus( )
Editor: Edmunds, Lowell
Dundes, Alan
ISBN:978-0-299-14854-6
Publication Date:Oct 1995
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $19.95
Book Description:

Classicist Lowell Edmunds and folklorist Alan Dundes both note that "the Oedipus tale is not likely to ever fade from view in Western civilization, [as] the tale continues to pack a critical family drama into a timeless form." Looking beyond the story related in Sophocles' drama--the ancient Theban myth of the son who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother--Oedipus: A Folklore Casebook examines variations of the tale from Africa and South America to Eastern...
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Book Details
Pages:284
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.5 Inches
Book Weight:0.73 Pounds
Author Biography
(Editor)
Anthropologist and folklorist Alan Dundes was born in 1934 in New York City. He received his BA in English in 1955 and his MAT in English in 1958, both from Yale University. He received his Ph.D in Folklore from Indiana University in 1962 and in 1963 he joined the teaching staff at the University of California, Berkley. He wrote over 250 journal articles and12 books and co-wrote more than 20 other books. In 1993, he became the first American to win the Pitre Prize's Sigillo d'Oro, which is an international life-time achievement award in folklore and ethnography. He died of a heart attack on March 30, 2004 at the age of 70.

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