Description
Voltaire (1694-1778) was a prolific French philosopher, historian, novelist, poet, essayist--and popular playwright and opera librettist. Oedipus, produced in 1718, was his first drama, a recasting of Sophocles's play of the same name. Voltaire highlights the tension by introducing the character Philoctetes, a suitor of Queen Jocasta before she married Laius or Oedipus, and later a companion to Hercules. Philoctetes returns to Thebes, which is being punished by the gods because King Laius's murd
Details
Publisher - Wildside Press LLC
Language - English
Perfect Bound
Contributors
By author
Frank J. Morlock
Published Date - 2023-01-17
ISBN - 9781479400522
Dimensions - 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.2 cm
Page Count - 204
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