The Theban Plays of Sophocles (The Yale New Classics Series) (9780300119015) Sophocles, David R. Slavitt
Product Details:
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press (October 27, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300119011
ISBN-13: 978-0300119015
Product Dimensions:
8 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
In this needed and highly anticipated new translation of the Theban plays of Sophocles, David R nonverbal communication in hospital. Slavitt presents a fluid, accessible, and modern version for both longtime admirers of the plays and those encountering them for the first time nonverbal communication in hospital. Unpretentious and direct, Slavitt’s translation preserves the innate verve and energy of the dramas, engaging the readeror audience memberdirectly with Sophocles’ great texts nonverbal communication in hospital. Slavitt chooses to present the plays not in narrative sequence but in the order in which they were composedAntigone, Oedipus Tyrannos, Oedipus at Colonusthereby underscoring the fact that the story of Oedipus is one to which Sophocles returned over the course of his lifetime nonverbal communication in hospital. This arrangement also lays bare the record of Sophocles’ intellectual and artistic development.Renowned as a poet and translator, Slavitt has translated Ovid, Virgil, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Ausonius, Prudentius, Valerius Flaccus, and Bacchylides as well as works in French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew. In this volume he avoids personal intrusion on the texts and relies upon the theatrical machinery of the plays themselves. The result is a major contribution to the art of translation and a version of the Oedipus plays that will appeal enormously to readers, theater directors, and actors.
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