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Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1954, hardcover, xvi-95 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Good dustjacket Signed by the Author simply "Gene" and inscribed "To Diana" on the front endpaper. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end bumps, small stain to top edge of textblock. Dustjacket, unclipped bearing original price, rubs, edge nicks, small chips, stain to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. In the five plays studied here: Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Antigone, Corneille's Polyeucte, Maeterlinck's Aglavaine and Selysette, and Samain's Polypheme the tragic experience of man's defeat in an unequal struggle against destiny is examined in the light of the conflict between his worldly and his spiritual aspirations. Introduction by Norman J. DeWitt. ISBN 9780816660001.
