Antigone (Sophocles)(Paperback)

Antigone (Sophocles)(Paperback)

Sophocles I: Antigone/Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)(Paperback)

Sophocles I contains the plays 'Antigone,' translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff; 'Oedipus the King,' translated by David Grene; and 'Oedipus at Colonus,' translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek

Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra (Sophocles)(Paperback)

This volume of Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra contains three masterpieces by the Greek playwright Sophocles, widely regarded since antiquity as the greatest of all the tragic poets. The vivid translations, which combine elegance and modernity, are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy,

Antigone, Interrupted (Honig Bonnie)(Paperback)

Sophocles' Antigone is a touchstone in democratic, feminist and legal theory, and possibly the most commented upon play in the history of philosophy and political theory. Bonnie Honig's rereading of it therefore involves intervening in a host of literatures and unsettling many of their governing

Antigone (Sophocles)(Paperback)

The gods never move faster than when punishing men with the consequences of their own actions. Desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war, Creon refuses to bury the body of Antigone's rebellious brother. Outraged, she defies his edict. Creon condemns the young woman, his niece, to

The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone (Sophocles)(Paperback)

'O Light May I never look on you again, Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting, Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood ' The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496-406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy of mankind's struggle against fate. King Oedipus

The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)(Paperback)

The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated Theban royal family--Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus--are among the most enduring and timeless

Antigone (Williams Roy)(Paperback)

When Creon refuses to bury the body of Antigone's unruly brother, Antigone's anger quickly turns to defiance. Creon condemns her to a torturous death: she's to be buried alive. Acclaimed playwright Roy Williams takes Sophocles' play and, by placing it into a contemporary setting, brings this

Sophocles: Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)(Paperback)

'Sophocles ... created a masterpiece that in the eyes of posterity has overshadowed every other achievement in the field of ancient drama ...' With these words Dr Dawe sets out the importance of Oedipus Rex. He investigates why it has for so long fascinated the human mind, devoting his introduction

Oedipus Tyrannos (Sophocles)(Paperback / softback)

I, Antigone (Gebler Carlo)(Paperback)

After her father's death in exile, Antigone returns to Thebes determined to set the record straight and restore her father's reputation. Tracing the histories of Oedipus and his parents Laius and Jocasta, as well as the peripheral characters of the plays who had a central role in him fulfilling his

Antigone (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

Antigone is universally celebrated as the ultimate figure of ethical resistance to the state power which oversteps its legitimate scope and as the defender of simple human dignity (more important than all political struggles). But is she really so innocent and pure? What if there is a dark side to

Sophocles: Ajax (Sophocles)(Paperback)

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, including suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous practical questions

Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus (Sophocles)(Paperback)

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, including suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous practical questions

Oedipus the King: Sophocles (Sophocles)(Paperback)

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order

The Complete Plays of Sophocles (Sophocles)(Paperback)

Award-winningpoet-playwrights Robert Bagg and James Scully presenta gripping new translation of Western literature's earliest treasures in TheComplete Plays of Sophocles. In the tradition of Robert Fagles'bestselling translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey, andretaining the textual authenticity

Antigonus the One-Eyed: Greatest of the Successors (Champion Jeff)(Paperback)

A clear narrative and analysis of Antigonus' role in those tumultuous events, with particular emphasis on the military aspects, while still being full of drama, sweeping campaigns an Antigonus' epic battles.Plutarch described Antigonus the One Eyed (382-301 BC) 'as 'the oldest and greatest of

Greek Tragedy (Aeschylus)(Paperback)

Three masterpieces of classical tragedy Containing Aeschylus's Agamemnon, Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, and Euripides' Medea, this important new selection brings the best works of the great tragedians together in one perfect introductory volume. This volume also includes extracts from Aristophanes'

Fragments (Sophocles)(Pevná vazba)

Sophocles (497/6-406 BCE), the second of the three great tragedians of Athens and by common consent one of the world's greatest poets, wrote more than 120 plays. Only seven of these survive complete, but we have a wealth of fragments, from which much can be learned about Sophocles' language and

The Plays of Sophocles (Garvie A. F.)(Paperback)

The emphasis throughout this book, ideal for sixth form and early university students, is on Sophocles' tragic thinking, on the concept of the 'Sophoclean hero', and on the dramatic structure of the plays. The seven extant plays, Ajax, Women of Trachis, Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra,

"Antigone" (Anouilh Jean)(Paperback / softback)

'Anouilh is a poet, but not of words: he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing' Peter Brook Jean Anouilh, one of the foremost French playwrights of the twentieth century, replaced the mundane realist works of the previous era with his innovative dramas, which exploit

Four Tragedies - Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes (Sophocles)(Pevná vazba)

Selected Poetry: [including Hlderlin's Sophocles] (Hlderlin Friedrich)(Paperback)

Friedrich H lderlin was one of Europe's greatest poets. The strange and beautiful language of his late poems is recreated by David Constantine in these remarkable verse translations. This is a new expanded edition of Constantine's widely-praised H lderlin Selected Poems (1990/1996), containing many

Oedipus the King (Sophocles)(Paperback)

Since it was first performed in Athens in the 420s BC, Oedipus the King has been widely regarded as Sophocles' greatest tragedy and one of the foundation stones of western drama. Taken as a model by Aristotle in his Poetics, it became a yardstick for future generations. Since the play's rediscovery