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The Complete Sophocles: Volume I: The Theban Plays
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Paperback. Editor(s): Burian, Peter; Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 336.
This volume collects for the first time three of Sophocles most moving tragedies, all set in mythical Thebes: Oedipus the King, perhaps the most powerful of all Greek tragedies; Oedipus at Colonus, a story that reveals the reversals and paradoxes that define moral life; and Antigone, a touchstone of thinking about human conflict and human tragedy, the role of the divine in human life, and the degree to which men and women are the creators of their own destiny.
This volume collects for the first time three of Sophocles most moving tragedies, all set in mythical Thebes: Oedipus the King, perhaps the most powerful of all Greek tragedies; Oedipus at Colonus, a story that reveals the reversals and paradoxes that define moral life; and Antigone, a touchstone of thinking about human conflict and human tragedy, the role of the divine in human life, and the degree to which men and women are the creators of their own destiny.
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Greek Tragedy in New Translations
Condition
New
Weight
335g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195388800
SKU
V9780195388800
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99-46
About Unknown
Peter Burian is Professor of Classical and Comparative Literatures and Theater Studies, Duke University Alan Shapiro is Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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