DARKNESS AND DAY (298 pp.) — /. Compton-Burnett—Knopf ($3.50). When the original Oedipus found that he was married to his own mother, he put out his eyes and wandered blindly to his death. Edmund and ...

THE HOLY SINNER (336 pp.)—Thomas Mann—Knopf ($3.50). In Buddenbrooks, Thomas Mann’s first novel, little Hanno Buddenbrook draws a long slanting line under his family genealogy and when reproved for it ...

When Freud was searching for a metaphor to describe children’s shifting attitudes towards their parents as they develop, he settled upon the Greek myth of Oedipus. Most famously depicted in Sophocles’ ...

Mixing Greek drama with Elvis Presley’s greatest hits, “Oedipus the King, Mama!” took the stage this month as a playful collision of ancient tragedy and rock ‘n’ roll spectacle. The Getty Villa Museum ...

Vice-Dean of Education and Senior Lecturer, School of Performing and Digital Arts, Royal Holloway University of London The London theatre scene was all abuzz in January 2024 when two different ...