Sophocles' Antigone ranks with his Oedipus Rex as one of world literature's most compelling dramas. The action is taut, and the characters embody universal tensions: the conflict of youth with age, male with female, the state with the family. Plot and character come wrapped in exquisite language. Antagonists trade polished speeches, sardonic jibes and epigrammatic truisms and break into song at the height of passion.
David Mulroy's translation of Antigone faithfully reproduces the literal meaning of Sophocles' words while also reflecting his verbal pyrotechnics. Using fluid iambic pentameters for the spoken passages and rhyming stanzas for the songs, it is true to the letter and the spirit of the great Greek original.
| ISBN: | 9780299290849 |
| Publication date: | 8th February 2013 |
| Author: | Sophocles, David D Mulroy |
| Publisher: | The University of Wisconsin Press an imprint of University of Wisconsin Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Series: | Wisconsin Studies in Classics |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: plays and playwrights |
Sophocles' Antigone ranks with his Oedipus Rex as one of world literature's most compelling dramas. The action is taut, and the characters embody universal tensions: the conflict of youth with age, male with female, the state with the family.
Antigone features in the following genres: Literary studies: plays and playwrights
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Antigone was written by Sophocles, David D Mulroy and published by The University of Wisconsin Press an imprint of University of Wisconsin Press
Antigone has 96 pages
Yes it is part of Wisconsin Studies in Classics series
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