Sophocles' Oedipus / Bernard Knox
Action and actors / John Jones
On misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex / E.R. Dobbs
The innocence of Oedipus / Thomas Gould
Illusion and truth in Oedipus Tyrannus / Karl Reinhardt
Ambiguity and reversal / J.P.Vernant
The music of the sphinx / Charles Segal
The language of Oedipus / John Gould.
From the Book - Updated edition.
Introduction / Harold Bloom --
Oedipus : ritual and play / Francis Fergusson --
On misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex / E.R. Dodds --
The innocence of Oedipus : the philosophers on Oedipus the King / Thomas Gould --
Introduction to Oedipus the King / Bernard Knox --
Speech and silence : Oedipus the King / Rebecca W. Bushnell --
Oedipus and Teiresias / Frederick Ahl --
Introduction : what is a father? / Pietro Pucci --
The Oedipus Rex and the ancient unconscious / Martha C. Nussbaum --
Knowingness and abandonment : an Oedipus for our time / Jonathan Lear --
Life's tragic shape : plot, design, and destiny / Charles Segal.