Penguin Classics : The Three Theban Plays
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- Item Code: 64904
- Author: Sophocles
- Publisher: Penguin Books Limited
- Edition: 1st
- Isbn : 9780140444254
- 13 EAN: 9780140444254
Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, Sophocles' The Three Theban Plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. This Penguin Classics edition is translated by Robert Fagles with introductions and notes by Bernard Knox.
Collected here are Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus, in a translation by Robert Fagles which retains all of Sophocles' lucidity and power: the cut and thrust of his dialogue, his ironic edge, the surge and majesty of his choruses and, above all, the agonies and triumphs of his characters. Oedipus in exile, searching for his identity, desperately trying to avoid his fate, seeking the truth of his origins and achieving immortality; his daughter, Antigone, defending her integrity and ideals to the death - these heroic, tragic figures have captivated theatregoers and readers since the fifth century BC. It is Sophocles' characterisation of Oedipus that would, in the nineteenth century, inspire Sigmund Freud to a revolutionary conception of the human mind, and the tragedies in this volume continue to move and inspire us to this day.
| Book specification | |
|---|---|
| Author | Sophocles |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Limited |
| Edition | 1st |
| Isbn | 9780140444254 |
| 13 EAN | 9780140444254 |
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