The Complete Plays of Sophocles - A New Translation

"Bagg and Scully''s renderings strike me as the most performable versions of Sophocles I''ve ever encountered...if you''re looking for the translation that best reflects the emotional force and expressive range of the original plays, you would be hard pressed to do better." -- Philadelphia Inquirer Award-winning poet-playwrights Robert Bagg and James Scully present a gripping new translation of Western literature''s earliest treasures in The Complete Plays of Sophocles . In the tradition of Robert Fagles'' bestselling translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey , and retaining the textual authenticity of Richmond Lattimore''s Aeschylus, Bagg and Scully render Sophocles'' dramas accessible and exciting for the modern reader. Students new to Athenian drama, readers of classical literature, and anyone wishing to kindle anew their passion for Greek tragedy will find no more captivating entrance to these milestones of world literature than in Bagg and Scully''s The Complete Plays of Sophocles .

Riassunto

Sophocles was the dominant Athenian playwright of the fifth century BCE. This translation includes his best-known work, such as the "Oedipus cycle" ("Oedipus the King", "Oedipus at Kolonos", and "Antigone"), "Elektra and the Women of Trakhis" "Philoktetes" and "Aias".

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Bagg, Robert Scully Bagg, James Scully, Sophocles, Robert Scully Sophocles Bagg
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert Bagg (Traduzione), James Scully (Traduzione)
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.07.2011
• EAN: 9780062020345
• ISBN: 978-0-06-202034-5
• Pagine: 880
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 36 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; PERFORMING ARTS: Theater / General, HISTORY: Ancient / Rome, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, LITERATURE: CLASSICS, PHILOSOPHY: History & Surveys / Modern, POETRY: Ancient & Classical, HISTORY: Ancient / Greece, LITERATURE: DRAMA, DRAMA: Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Ancient & Classical