The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone
Seamus Heaney
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.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Seamus Heaney, SophoclesPublisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublished: 11/01/2005ISBN: 9780374530075Pages: 79Weight: 0.26lbsSize: 8.57h x 5.22w x 0.27dReview Citations: Ingram Advance 11/01/2005 pg. 99
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Seamus Heaney, Sophocles
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 11/01/2005
ISBN: 9780374530075
Pages: 79
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.22w x 0.27d
Review Citations: Ingram Advance 11/01/2005 pg. 99
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Seamus Heaney, Sophocles
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 11/01/2005
ISBN: 9780374530075
Pages: 79
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.22w x 0.27d
Review Citations: Ingram Advance 11/01/2005 pg. 99
Book Title
The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone
ISBN
9780374530075
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.Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Seamus Heaney, Sophocles
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 11/01/2005
ISBN: 9780374530075
Pages: 79
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.22w x 0.27d
Review Citations: Ingram Advance 11/01/2005 pg. 99
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.Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Seamus Heaney, Sophocles
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 11/01/2005
ISBN: 9780374530075
Pages: 79
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.22w x 0.27d
Review Citations: Ingram Advance 11/01/2005 pg. 99