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The Burial at Thebes: Sophocles' Antigone
Seamus Heaney
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Description for The Burial at Thebes: Sophocles' Antigone
Paperback. Commissioned to mark the centenary of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 2004, this book represents opposing voices as they enact the ancient conflict between family and state in a time of crisis, pitching the morality of private allegiance against that of public service. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92
Commissioned to mark the centenary of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 2004, The Burial at Thebes is Seamus Heaney's new verse translation of Sophocles' great tragedy, Antigone - whose eponymous heroine is one of the most sharply individualized and compelling figures in Western drama. Faithful to the play's time and place, The Burial at Thebes represents opposing voices as they enact the ancient conflict between family and state in a time of crisis, pitching the morality of private allegiance against that of public service.
Above all, The Burial at Thebes honours the sovereign urgency and grandeur of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571223626
SKU
9780571223626
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Ref
99-1
About Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland. Death of a Naturalist, his first collection of poems, appeared in 1966, and was followed by poetry, criticism and translations which established him as the leading poet of his generation. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and twice won the Whitbread Book of the Year, for ... Read more
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