The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone - Paperback
by Sophocles
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Availability:In StockContributor:Seamus Heaney (Translator), SophoclesPublish date:2005-11-01Pages:96
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374530075ISBN-10:374530076UPC:9780374530075Book Category:Poetry, DramaBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Religious & LiturgicalSize:8.57 x 5.22 x 0.27 inchesWeight:0.2601Product ID:SCVDB8CT44
The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone
In this outstanding new translation, commissioned by Ireland's renowned Abbey Theatre to commemorate its centenary, Seamus Heaney exposes the darkness and the humanity in Sophocles' masterpiece, and inks it with his own modern and masterly touch.
Sophocles' play, first staged in the fifth century B.C., stands as a timely exploration of the conflict between those who affirm the individual's human...Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374530075ISBN-10:374530076UPC:9780374530075Book Category:Poetry, DramaBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Religious & LiturgicalSize:8.57 x 5.22 x 0.27 inchesWeight:0.2601Product ID:SCVDB8CT44
Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. His poems, plays, translations, and essays include Opened Ground, Electric Light, Beowulf, The Spirit Level, District and Circle, and Finders Keepers. Robert Lowell praised Heaney as the most important Irish poet since Yeats.
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