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Sophocles: Antigone and other Tragedies - Antigone, Deianeira, Electra (Hardcover)
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Sophocles: Antigone and other Tragedies - Antigone, Deianeira, Electra (Hardcover)
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Sophocles stands as one of the greatest dramatists of all time, and
one of the most influential on artists and thinkers over the
centuries. His plays are deeply disturbing and unpredictable,
unrelenting and open-ended, refusing to present firm answers to the
questions of human existence, or to provide a redemptive
justification of the ways of gods to men-or women. These three
tragedies portray the extremes of human suffering and emotion,
turning the heroic myths into supreme works of poetry and dramatic
action. Antigone's obsession with the dead, Creon's crushing
inflexibility, Deianeira's jealous desperation, the injustice of
the gods witnessed by Hyllus, Electra's obsessive vindictiveness,
the threatening of insoluble dynastic contamination... Such are the
pains and distortions and instabilities of Sophoclean tragedy. And
yet they do not deteriorate into cacophony or disgust or
incoherence or silence: they face the music, and through that the
suffering is itself turned into the coherence of music and poetry.
These original and distinctive verse translations convey the
vitality of Sophocles' poetry and the vigour of the plays in
performance, doing justice to both the sound of the poetry and the
theatricality of the tragedies. Each play is accompanied by an
introduction and substantial notes on topographical and mythical
references and interpretation. Antigone is an icon of Greek
tragedy, and Antigone is herself a tragic icon in world theatre.
Sophocles' best-known and most performed play tells a story of
defiance and the impossible demands of loyalty. Deianeira, also
known as Women of Trachis or Trachinaian Women, wrestles with the
anxieties of matrimony and motherhood, following the doomed attempt
by the wife of the hero Heracles to assert her dignity. Electra
portrays a vengeful daughter's journey through unflagging grief and
murderous fury, ending without resolution in uncertainty and
suspense.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2020 |
Translators: |
Oliver Taplin
(Emeritus Professor)
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Dimensions: |
217 x 147 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-928624-9 |
Categories: |
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General
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LSN: |
0-19-928624-8 |
Barcode: |
9780199286249 |
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