Oedipus Cycle: A New Translation

Author: Sophocles

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Price : $27.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780062119995
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Weight (g) : 0.322
Publication date : 01 December 2011
Dimensions : 203mm X 135mm
Produced in : United States
RRP : 19.99
Availability date : 01 May 2012
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Author : Sophocles
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 882.01
Reading Level : very good
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Description

Sophocles' immortal Oedipus plays personify both the cosmic and the all-too-human forces that wreak emotional and physical mayhem upon the lives of a stricken royal family. The three plays have continued to strike a chord with audiences throughout every era of history - yet their effectiveness today depends not only upon enduring themes but upon translations that will resonate, intellectually and emotionally, with a contemporary readership. Aristotle praised Oedipus the King as the finest single example of Greek tragedy; now, award-winning translator Robert Bagg presents the entire "Oedipus Cycle" in a vivid, dynamic, and eminently readable new translation that revitalizes the ancient classics for a new generation of readers.

Author description

Robert Bagg is the author of five books of poetry, including Madonna of the Cello, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Prix de Rome, Guggenheim, Rockefeller, NEA, and NEH fellowships have supported his projects. Bagg's translations of Euripides and Sophocles have been staged in more than 60 productions worldwide.

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