Sophocles

7 books on BookJumpr, mentioned 18 times in other books.

Books by Sophocles

Kafka on the Shore on Electra: “"Electra, by Sophocles. A wonderful play.”
Kafka on the Shore on Oedipus Rex: “People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues. Sophocles' Oedipus Rex being a great example.”
New Grub Street on Oedipus Rex: “Now, I want to know how you scan this chorus in the "Oedipus Rex."”
Poetics on Oedipus Rex: “The Oedipus of Sophocles is an example.”
Cosmos on Oedipus Rex: “We do know that of the 123 plays of Sophocles in the Library, only seven survived. One of those seven is Oedipus Rex.”
Nights of Plague on Oedipus Rex: “the bearded lead actor of a Greek theater troupe who had come to Arkaz for a production of Oedipus Rex”
On Literature on Oedipus Rex: “cited alongside Aquinas's definition of beauty”
The Facts on Oedipus Rex: “played supporting roles in ambitious student productions of Oedipus Rex, School for Scandal, and Death of a Salesman”
The Red-Haired Woman on Oedipus Rex: “I was startled to see the title Oedipus the King across its yellow cover... I'd first read Oedipus's story in synopsis.”
Aftermath on Oedipus Rex: “In Oedipus Rex every kind of authority is damaged by precisely this process.”