Sophocles Plays: 1: Oedipus The King; Oedipus At Colonnus; Antigone (Methuen's World Dramatists) - Softcover

Sophocles, Sophocles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 041342460X ISBN 13: 9780413424600

Verlag: Methuen Drama, 1986

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Sophocles

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Reseña del editor:

Includes the plays Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, collectively known as the Theban plays. Starting with Oedipus the King and ending with the ultimate sacrifice of Antigone, his daughter the plays follow the trials of a family cursed by the edict of an oracle that "you will kill your father and marry with your mother". From the fourth century BC - when Aristotle took Oedipus the King as his model tragedy, the influence of Sophocles' great plays has been assured. These three great tragedies have a relevance and immediacy as metaphors for some of the most fundamentally held beliefs and values in our culture.

This volume contains the Theban plays - widely studied in schools and universities. Translated and with an introduction and notes from Don Taylor - the playwright who directed these plays for BBC TV

Biografía del autor:

Sophocles was an ancient Greek playwright, the writer of Oedipus Rex and Antigone, among other classic works.

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• Verlag: Methuen Drama
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1986
• ISBN 10: 041342460X
• ISBN 13: 9780413424600
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272