Iokaste: the Novel of the Mother-Wife of Oedipus.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: Reviewer's Bookwatch | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: French, Christy Tillery | Copyright information

Iokaste: the Novel of the Mother-Wife of Oedipus

Victoria Grossack and Alice Underwood

Publish America

P.O. Box 151, Frederick, MD 21705

www.publishamerica.com 301-695-1707

ISBN 1413726755 $24.95 307 pages

Most readers are familiar with the tale of Oedipus Rex, as well as the psychological term Oedipus complex, derived from the relationship between Oedipus and his mother and subsequent wife, Iokaste. Unlike the Gre...

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