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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781528203321

Autore

Goodkin Richard E

Titolo

The symbolist home and the tragic home : MallarmeĢ and Oedipus / / Richard E. Goodkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1984

ISBN

1-283-35931-6

9786613359315

90-272-7998-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages)

Collana

Purdue University monographs in Romance languages, , 0165-8743 ; ; v. 13

Disciplina

841/.8

Soggetti

Symbolism (Literary movement)

Tragic, The

Tragedy

Home in literature

Oedipus (Tale) in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Asymmetrical equality : the house of life and the house of death -- pt. 2. Proximity and approximation : the earthly home and the celestial home.

Sommario/riassunto

Tragedy as Symbolism It is the symbolic nature of Oedipus' quest which most centrally links the notions of Tragedy and Symbolism in the Oedipus Tyrannus, and that under the aegis of the concepts of home and homing.