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Sophocles
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    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex

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    Criticism -- Works

  3. In Anderson, Quentin. The Proper Study; Essays on Western Classics . New York, St. Martin's Press, 1962. pp. 78-101.
    Criticism -- Ajax -- Antigone -- Electra -- Oedipus Rex

  4. In Brooks, Cleanth, ed. Tragic Themes in Western Literature. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1955. pp. 7-29.
    Criticism -- Oedipus --

  5. In Burnshaw, Stanley, ed. The Varieties of Literary Experience. New York, New York University Press, 1962. pp. 273-276.
    Criticism -- Electra

  6. In Camerson, Kenneth M. and Theodore J. C. Hoffman The Theatrical Response. London: The Macmillian Company, 1969. pp. 49-55.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex

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    Criticism -- Works

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    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex

  9. In Downs, Robert B. Famous Books Ancient and Medieval. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1964. pp. 51-56.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex -- Oedipus at Colonus -- Antigone

  10. In Driver, Tom. The Sense of History in Greek and Shakespearean Drama. New York, Columbia University Press, 1960. pp. 159-167.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Tyrannus (Rex)

  11. In Faverty, Frderic, E.Your Literary Heritage. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1959. pp. 25-27.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex

  12. In Flaceliere, Robert A Literary History of Greece . Chicago: Aldline Publishing Company, 1964. pp. 182-193.
    Criticism -- Electra -- Oedipus Rex -- Antigone

  13. In Fergusson, Francis The Idea of a Theater: A Study of Ten Plays The Art of Drama in Changing Perspective. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968. pp. 13-41.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex

  14. In Form and Meaning in Drama; a Study of Six Greek Plays and of Hamlet. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1960. pp. 87-198.
    Criticism -- Philoctetes -- Antigone -- Ajax

  15. In Frye, Prosser. Romance and Tragedy. University of Nebraska Press, 1961. pp. 270-304.
    Criticism -- Classical Influence -- Sophocles

  16. In Gardiner, Harold C. ed. The Great Books: A Christian Appraisal. Vol.2. New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1950. pp. 25-32.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex -- Antigone

  17. In Gassner, John. Masters of Drama . Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, c1939. pp. 40-55.
    Criticism -- Works -- Ajax -- Antigone -- Oedipus Rex -- Oedipus at Colonus -- Electra -- Philoctetes -- Women of Trachis

  18. In Goldhill, Simon Reading Greek Tragedy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. pp. 88-106, 175-180, 205-221.
    Criticism -- Antigone -- Oedipus Rex

  19. In Goodell, Thomas Dwight. Athenian Tragedy. Port Washington, N.Y., Kennikat Press, 1969. pp. 202-232, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works -- Ajax -- Oedipus Rex --

  20. In Gray, Wallace. Homer to Joyce. New York: Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan, c1985. pp. 46-66.
    Criticism -- Antigone -- Oedipus Rex -- Oedipus at Colonus --

  21. In Greene, William Chase. Moira: Fate, Good and Evil in Greek Thought. Harper & Row, 1963. pp. 138-171.
    Criticism -- Works

  22. In Grossvogel, David I. Mystery and Its Fictions: From Oedipus to Agatha Christie. Baltimore: The John hopkins University Press, 1979. pp. 23-38.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex

  23. In Hamilton, Edith. The Greek Way. New York, W.W. Norton, c1958. pp. 258-270.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Works

  24. In Jones, John. On Aristotle and Greek Tragedy. New York, Oxford University Press, 1962. pp. 141-235.
    Criticism -- Works -- Ajax -- Antigone -- Electra -- Oedipus at Colonus -- Oedipus Rex -- Philoctetes -- Women of Trachis

  25. In Kaplan, Morton. The Unspoken Motive . New York, Free Press, 1973. pp. 105-118.
    Criticism -- Oedipus the King

  26. In Kaufmann, Walter. Tragedy and Philosophy. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1968. pp. 195-241, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works -- Ajax -- Antigone -- Electra -- Oedipus -- Oedipus at Colonus -- Philoctetes -- Women of Trachis

  27. In Kitto, H. D. F. Form and Meaning in Drama. London, Methuen, 1960. pp. 87-198.
    Criticism -- Works -- Antigone -- Ajax -- Philoctetes

  28. In Kitto, H. D. F. Greek Tragedy: a Literary Study. New York, Barnes & Noble, 1961. pp. 117-186.
    Criticism -- Works -- Ajax -- Antigone -- Electra -- Oedipus Rex

  29. In Kitto, H. D. F. Poisesis; Structure and Thought . Berkeley, University of California Press, 1966. pp. 153-242.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex -- Trachiniae --

  30. In Kott, Jan. The Eating of the Gods . New York, Random House, 1973. pp. 43-77. 162-185, 255-259.
    Criticism -- Works -- Ajax -- Electra -- Philoctetes --

  31. In Lattimore, Richard. The Poetry of Greek Tragedy . Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1958. pp. 56-102.
    Criticism -- Ajax -- Oedipus Rex

  32. In Leaska, Mitchell A. The Voice of Tragedy . New York, R. Speller, 1964, c1963. pp. 48-60.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex -- Oedipus at Colonus

  33. In Lefkowitz, Mary R. Lives of Greek Poets Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. pp. 75-87.
    Biography -- Criticism

  34. In Lesky, Albin Greek Tragedy. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1965. pp. 94-131.
    Criticism -- Ajax -- Electra -- Oedipus Rex -- Philocetetes

  35. In Lesky, Albin A History of Greek Literature . New York, Crowell, 1966. pp. 271-302.
    Criticism -- Works

  36. In Levi, Peter. A History of Greek Literature . Middlesex, England ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1985. pp. 176-205.
    Criticism -- Ajax -- Antigone -- Women of Trachis -- Oedipus Rex

  37. In Mabley, Edward. Dramatic Construction . Philadelphia, Chilton Book Co., 1972. pp. 37-46.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex

  38. In MacIver, R. M. Great Moral Dilemmas in Literature, past and present. New York: Cooper Square Publishers Inc, 1964. pp. 145-153.
    Criticism -- Antigone
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  39. In Mackail, J. W. Lectures on Greek Poetry . New York Biblo and Tannen, 1966. pp. 139-176.
    Criticism -- Works --

  40. In Miller, Jane. Women Writing about Men. New York: Pantheon Books, c1986. pp. 106-110
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex --

  41. In Muller, Herbert J. The Spirit of Tragedy. New York: Knopf, 1956. pp. 78-102.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex -- Oedipus at Colonus

  42. In Murray, Gilbert A History of Ancient Greek Literature. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1966. pp. 232-249.
    Criticism -- Electra -- Antigone -- Ajax --Oedipus Rex -- Philoctetes

  43. In The Proper Study; essays on Western Classics. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1962. pp. 78-101. Criticism -- Ajax -- Antigone -- Electra -- Oedipus Rex

  44. In Rexroth, Kenneth. Classics Revisited . New York : New Directions, c1986. pp. 35-39.
    Criticism -- The Theban Plays --

  45. In Rosenmeyer, Thomas G. The Mask of Tragedy: Essays on Six Greek Dramas. New York, Gordian Press, 1971, c1963. pp. 153-198.
    Criticism -- Ajax

  46. In Ruitenbeek, Hendrik M. Psychoanalysis and literature. New York, Dutton, 1964. pp. 168-186, 243-250.
    Criticism -- Oedipus at Colonus -- Oedipus Rex

  47. In Rutherford, Richard. Classical Literature: a Concise History. Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 2005. pp. 56-59, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Plays

  48. In Schorer, Mark, ed. Criticism. New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1958. pp. 121-133.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex

  49. In Sewall, Richard B. The Vision of Tragedy. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1959. pp. 25-43.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex --

  50. In Stoll, Elmer Edgar. From Shakespeare to Joyce. New York, Ungar, 1965. pp. 105-162, 205-306.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex

  51. In Stuart, Donald. The Development of Dramatic Art . New York, Dover Publications, 1960. pp. 52-78.
    Criticism -- Works -- Ajax -- Antigone -- Electra -- Oedipus Rex -- Philoctetes

  52. In Symonds, John Addington. Studies of the Greek Poets. London, A. and C. Black, 1920. pp. 275-309.
    Criticism -- Works

  53. In Trilling, Lionel. Prefaces to the Experience of Literature. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1979. pp. 3-8.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex

  54. In Tragic Themes in Western Literature. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1955. pp. 7-29.
    Criticism -- Oedipus Rex -- Oedipus at Colonus

  55. In Zelenak, Michael. Gender and Politics in Greek Tragedy. New York : P. Lang, c1998. pp. 73-86, 111-122.
    Criticism -- Antigone -- Philoctetes

  56. In Zimmerman, Bernherd. Greek Tragedy: an Introduction . Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1991. pp. 26-55.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Works -- Ajax -- Antigone -- Electra -- Oedipus at Colonus -- Oedipus Rex -- Philoctetes -- Trachinian Women

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