Theban Plays - Oedipus Rex, Oedipus At Colonus and Antigone

Klappentext The stirring tale of a legendary royal family's fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy endures as the crowning achievement of Greek drama. Sophocles' three-play cycle, chronicling Oedipus's search for the truth and its tragic results, remains essential reading. Oedipus Rex unfolds amid a city in the relentless grip of a plague. When an oracle proclaims that only an act of vengeance will lift the curse from Thebes, King Oedipus vows to bring a murderer to justice. His quest engenders a series of keen dramatic ironies, culminating in the fulfillment of a dreaded prophecy. Oedipus at Colonus finds the former ruler in exile. Old and blind, he seeks a peaceful place to end his torment, but finds only challenges from his reluctant hosts and a summons back to Thebes from his warring sons. The trilogy concludes with Antigone, in which Oedipus's courageous daughter defies her tyrannical uncle in a provocative exploration of the demands of loyalty and duty. Zusammenfassung The stirring tale of a legendary royal family's fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy endures as the crowning achievement of Greek drama. Essential reading for English and classical studies majors. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Inhaltsverzeichnis Oedipus RexOedipus at ColonusAntigone

Produktdetails

• Autoren: H. J. Sophocles Ford, Sophocles, Sir George Sophocles Young
• Mitarbeit: George Young (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.07.2006
• EAN: 9780486450490
• ISBN: 978-0-486-45049-0
• Seiten: 176
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Serien: Dover Thrift Editions; Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft