Theban Plays
Sophocles, Peter Meineck, Paul WoodruffThis volume offers the fruits of Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff's dynamic collaboration on the plays of Sophocles' Theban cycle, presenting the translators' Oedipus Tyrannus (2000) along with Woodruff's Antigone (2001) and a muscular new Oedipus at Colonus by Meineck. Grippingly readable, all three translations combine fidelity to the Greek with concision, clarity, and powerful, hard-edged speech. Each play features foot-of-the-page notes, stage directions, and line numbers to the Greek. Woodruff's Introduction discusses the playwright, Athenian theatre and performance, the composition of the plays, and the plots and characters of each; it also offers thoughtful reflections on major critical interpretations of these plays.
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Year:
2003
Publisher:
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Language:
english
Pages:
304
ISBN 10:
0872205851
ISBN 13:
9780872205857
Series:
Hackett Classics
File:
PDF, 1.64 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2003