Oedipus the King
A New Translation
Sophocles' most profound and celebrated play in a vivid and dynamic new translation by award-winning poet Robert BaggOedipus the King remains, after 2,500 years, a shocking, suspenseful, and highly emotional drama in which a royal family is brought to hellish ruin by fate, an inscrutable god, and the kindness of a stranger.Oedipus must find and destroy the murderer of his predecessor, King Laios, to rid Thebes of the plague caused by the killer's undetected and malignant presence. The play's headlong action resembles a tautly woven criminal investigation, but one whose immense stakes pose a host of wrenching and still unresolved questions: Wh…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-06-213208-6
- EAN: 9780062132086
- Produktnummer: 12295187
- Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 176 S.
- Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Über den Autor
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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