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Sophokles Antigone
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Description
"A marvellous new translation by Anne Carson that crackles with canny colloquialism and insight" - Arts Desk
When her dead brother is decreed a traitor, Antigone refuses to leave his body unburied. Defying her uncle's governance she forges ahead with the funeral alone, placing personal allegiance before politics, a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of destruction.
T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet Anne Carson, offers a vivid translation of Sophokles' tragic masterpiece that was first staged in a ground-breaking production at the Barbican in 2015, directed by Ivo van Hove.
A raw and beautiful adaption, Sophokles. Antigone is published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Laura Jansen.
Table of Contents
A Note from The Translator
Sophokles Antigone
Product details
| Published | 17 Sep 2026 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 72 |
| ISBN | 9781350600379 |
| Imprint | Methuen Drama |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Series | Modern Classics |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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A marvellous new translation by Anne Carson that crackles with canny colloquialism and insight
Arts Desk
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Carson has won many awards for her translations of Greek and Latin verse [...] she writes a beautiful choral ode, but comes into her own in these sharp exchanges
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