Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra

Oedipus the King; Electra

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Presents three masterpieces by the Greek playwright Sophocles Love and loyalty, hatred and revenge, fear, deprivation, and political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe. Recognized in his own day as perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles's reputation has remained undimmed for two and a half thousand years. His greatest innovation in the tragic medium was his development of a central tragic figure, faced with a test of will and character, risking obloquy and death rather than compromise his or her principles: it is striking that Antigone and Electra both have a woman as their intransigent `hero'. Antigone dies rather thanneglect her duty to her family, Oedipus's determination to save his city results in the horrific discovery that he has committed both incest and parricide, and Electra's unremitting anger at her mother and her lover keeps her in servitude and despair. These vivid translations combine elegance and modernity, and are equally suitable for reading or theatrical performance.
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Schrijver
Sophocles
Titel
Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra
Uitgever
Oxford University Press
Jaar
2009
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
224
Gewicht
181 gr
EAN
9780199537174
Afmetingen
197 x 127 x 13 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

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