Originally published in 1955, this rendering in rhyming couplets was the first English translation to appear of the medieval Oedipus legend of Gregorius, made known to readers by Thomas Mann in his novel
The Holy Sinner (1951). The introduction situates Hartmann’s poem in the pantheon of Gregorius legends by writers from Sophocles to Mann.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 156 ● ISBN 9781469658674 ● File size 0.3 MB ● Translator Edwin H. Zeydel & Bayard Quincy Morgan ● Publisher NEH Humanities Open Book Program ● City Chapel Hill ● Country US ● Published 2020 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8863501 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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