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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959585703321

Autore

Sophocles

Titolo

Antigone / / Sophocles ; a verse translation by David Mulroy, with introduction and notes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2013

ISBN

1-283-97615-3

0-299-29083-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

lii, 96 p

Collana

Wisconsin studies in classics

Altri autori (Persone)

MulroyDavid D. <1943->

Disciplina

882/.01

Soggetti

Antigone (Greek mythology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Antigone -- Appendix 1. Guide to Pronunciation -- Appendix 2. Synopses of the Surviving Accounts of Oedipus and His Family -- Suggestions for Further Reading.

Sommario/riassunto

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. "