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194 pages • first pub 2008 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520029842
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Sophocles' tragedies--from Antigone to Oedipus Tyrannus--are filled with highly wrought, vivid, and emotionally powerful poetry. Yet most translations sacrifice the poetry to convey only the sense of the lines as dramatic speech. This is the first...
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194 pages • first pub 2008 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520029842
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Sophocles' tragedies--from Antigone to Oedipus Tyrannus--are filled with highly wrought, vivid, and emotionally powerful poetry. Yet most translations sacrifice the poetry to convey only the sense of the lines as dramatic speech. This is the first...