Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Burial At Thebes: A Version Of Sophocles' AntigoneISBN13:9780374530075ISBN10:0374530076Author:Heaney, Seamus (Translator), Sophocles (Author)Description:In This Outstanding New Translation, Commissioned By Ireland's Renowned Abbey Theatre To Commemorate Its Centenary, Seamus Heaney Exposes The Darkness And The Humanity In Sophocles' Masterpiece, And Inks It With His Own Modern And Masterly Touch Sophocles' Play, First Staged In The Fifth Century B C , Stands As A Timely Exploration Of The Conflict Between Those Who Affirm The Individual's Human Rights And Those Who Must Protect The State's Security During The War Of The Seven Against Thebes, Antigone, The Daughter Of Oedipus, Learns That Her Brothers Have Killed Each Other, Having Been Forced Onto Opposing Sides Of The Battle When Creon, King Of Thebes, Grants Burial Of One But Not The Treacherous Other, Antigone Defies His Order, Believing It Her Duty To Bury All Of Her Close Kin Enraged, Creon Condemns Her To Death, And His Soldiers Wall Her Up In A Tomb While Creon Eventually Agrees To Antigone's Release, It Is Too Late: She Takes Her Own Life, Initiating A Tragic Repetition Of Events In Her Family's History In This Outstanding New Translation, Commissioned By Ireland's Renowned Abbey Theatre To Commemorate Its Centenary, Seamus Heaney Exposes The Darkness And The Humanity In Sophocles' Masterpiece, And Inks It With His Own Modern And Masterly Touch Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:FARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUXPublication Date:2005-11-01Weight:0.26 lbsDimensions:0.27'' H x 8.57'' L x 5.22'' WNumber of Pages:79Language:English
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Book Title: Burial at Thebes : a Version of Sophocles' Antigone
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Year: 2005
Item Height: 0.2 in
Topic: Ancient / Greece, General, Ancient & Classical, Religious & Liturgical
Genre: Drama, Poetry, History
Item Weight: 4.2 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Sophocles
Item Width: 5.4 in
Format: Perfect
