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Antigone ~~ Sophokles Anne Carson
I love Antigone. I think it is one of the very best of the Greek tragedies ~~ no one of the very best of all tragedies ever written.
Random thought ~~ I suspect there is a play that is part of this cycle that is missing ~~ a play that focuses on the brothers.
This review will not focus on the play itself, but on the wonderful translation by Anne Carson.
Anne Carson is a poet. She is a wordsmith in the highest sense of the word. Sh ...more
Antigone ~~ Sophokles Anne Carson
I love Antigone. I think it is one of the very best of the Greek tragedies ~~ no one of the very best of all tragedies ever written.
Random thought ~~ I suspect there is a play that is part of this cycle that is missing ~~ a play that focuses on the brothers.
This review will not focus on the play itself, but on the wonderful translation by Anne Carson.
Anne Carson is a poet. She is a wordsmith in the highest sense of the word. Sh ...more
Seriously do not ever go near an Oracle. It is the *worst* idea ever. I enjoyed this one more than Oedipus Rex.
Update:
Reread this with some version on Libby and it was not great. Now I'm trying to figure out which translation I read the first time. (Edit: it was Robert Fagles)
Translations matter!!!!!!!!!1! ...more
Update:
Reread this with some version on Libby and it was not great. Now I'm trying to figure out which translation I read the first time. (Edit: it was Robert Fagles)
Translations matter!!!!!!!!!1! ...more
Jun 30, 2015
Michael Faris
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Theresa Wright
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Kris
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