Antigone by Sophocles, Paul (Translator) Woodruff, Paul Woodruff (Translator), Paul Woodruff (Introduction)
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Textbook (Paperback - New Edition)
- 69pp
- Sales Rank: 5,019
Textbook Information
- ISBN-13: 9780872205710
- Edition Description: New Edition
- Pub. Date: September 2001
- Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: September 2001
- Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
- Format: Textbook Paperback, 69pp
- Sales Rank: 5,019
- ISBN-13: 9780872205710
- ISBN: 0872205711
- Edition Description: New Edition
Synopsis
One of the greatest, most moving of all tragedies, Antigone continues to have meaning for us because of its depiction of the struggle between individual conscience and state policy, and its delicate probing of the nature of human suffering. Plays for Performance Series.
Annotation
Paul Woodruff's translation of one of Sophocles' most famous tragedies captures the dramatic and poetic intensity of the ancient Greek play without sacrificing accuracy. This edition also features an Introduction and annotations by the translator.
Author Biography: Paul Woodruff is Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin. His translations of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus (with Peter Meineck) and Euripides' Bacchae are also available from Hackett Publishing Company.
Joseph Russo
A lucid, well-paced translation, natural enough sounding in the dialogue to make a good acting version.
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Reginald Gibbons is the author of nine volumes of poems, including Sparrow: New and Selected Poems, It's Time and Fern-Texts. With Charles Segal he has also translated Euripides' Bakkhai. He teaches at Northwestern University. The late Charles Segal was Walter C. Klein Professor of the Classics at Harvard University. His many books include Sophocles' Tragic World, Tragedy and Civilization: An Interpretation of Sophocles, and Oedipus Tyrannus: Tragic Heroism and the Limits of Knowledge.
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A Very Nice [Short] Tragedyby Anonymous
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June 12, 2005: I had to read this play during the summer for an english class, and when I got it, I was suprised how short it was. The play is about a girl [Antigone--pronounced An-tig-oh-knee] that wants to giver her brother a burial that has been forbidden by the King, Creon. The play ends in tragedy, and is in ways similiar to Romeo and Juliet. This was a very good read that will only take you about a day to get through.
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September 21, 2000: This book is a great example of Greek tragedy and a definite classic. It is a must read for all who love historic dramas. Sophocles displays his thoughts about the times including the Greek Law of Revenge, moral law vs. civil law, and totalitarianism vs. democracy. You absolutely must read this wonderful story.
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