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  • Sophocles: Antigone
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    Sophocles: Antigone

    Antigone is Sophocles' masterpiece, a seminal influence on a wide range of theatrical, literary, and intellectual traditions. This volume sets the play in the contexts of its mythical background, its...
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  • Arabic Translation of Sophocles Theban Plays Arabic Translation of Sophocles Theban Plays
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    Arabic Translation of Sophocles Theban Plays

    Sophocles' Theban Plays is probably the most famous trilogy in world literature. It addresses universal topics related to politics, religion, social traditions and ruler-citizen relationships under...
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  • 俄狄浦斯三部曲 : The Oedipus Trilogy, Chinese edition by Sophocles (Paperback) 俄狄浦斯三部曲 : The Oedipus Trilogy, Chinese edition by Sophocles (Paperback)
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    俄狄浦斯三部曲 : The Oedipus Trilogy, Chinese edition by Sophocles (Paperback)

    俄狄浦斯雷克斯 凭借其原始和可怕的力量从未被超越，它的英雄努力回答永恒的问题："我是谁？" 该剧讲述了一个国王的故事，他完全无知地杀死了他的父亲，并嫁给了他的母亲。 我们无助地与俄狄浦斯朝着最终可怕的真理前进。俄狄浦斯雷克斯（Eedipus Rex）凭借其原始和可怕的力量从未被超越，它的英雄努力回答永恒的问题："我是谁？" 该剧讲述了一个国王的故事，他完全无知地杀死了他的父亲，并嫁给了他的母亲。...
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  • Sophoclis Quae Exstant Omnia Cum Veterum Grammaticorum Scholiis Superstites Tragoedias Vii Ad Optimorum Exemplarium Fidem Recensuit, Versione Et Notis Illustravit, Deperditarum Fragmenta Collegit Rich. Franc. Phil. Brunck... by Brunck (Hardcover) Sophoclis Quae Exstant Omnia Cum Veterum Grammaticorum Scholiis Superstites Tragoedias Vii Ad Optimorum Exemplarium Fidem Recensuit, Versione Et Notis Illustravit, Deperditarum Fragmenta Collegit Rich. Franc. Phil. Brunck... by Brunck (Hardcover)
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    Sophoclis Quae Exstant Omnia Cum Veterum Grammaticorum Scholiis Superstites Tragoedias Vii Ad Optimorum Exemplarium Fidem Recensuit, Versione Et Notis Illustravit, Deperditarum Fragmenta Collegit Rich. Franc. Phil. Brunck... by Brunck (Hardcover)

    This edition of the works of Sophocles, one of the greatest playwrights of ancient Greece, features the complete text of all seven extant tragedies, along with critical commentary and explanatory...
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  • Let Them Rot Let Them Rot
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    Let Them Rot

    A provocative, highly accessible journey to the heart of Sophocles' Antigone elucidating why it keeps resurfacing as a central text of Western thought and Western culture.
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    Oedipus at Kolonos

    Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Oedipus at Kolonos is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and...
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  • The Greek Plays 2
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    The Greek Plays 2

    “If art is a public service, then McLaughlin has served her public well.” —The Hollywood ReporterEllen McLaughlin returns with a new collection of adaptations and modern reimaginings of classic Greek...
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  • Electra and Other Plays
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    Electra and Other Plays

    A new translation by David Raeburn, with introduction and notes by Pat Easterling Sophocles' innovative plays transformed Greek myths into dramas featuring complex human characters, through which he...
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  • The Theban Plays
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    The Theban Plays

    Sophocles' Theban Plays -- Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone -- lie at the core of the Western literary canon. They are extensively translated, universally taught, and frequently...
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    Four Tragedies

    Meineck and Woodruff's new annotated translations of Sophocles' Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, and Philoctetes combine the same standards of accuracy, concision, clarity, and powerful speech that...
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    Theban Plays

    The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create a powerful trilogy of mankind's struggle aginst fate. KING OEDIPUS tells of a man who brings pestilence to Thebes for...
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  • Antigone
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    Antigone

    Based on Sophocles'' ancient Greek tragedy, Antigone which was first performed in Athens in the 5th century BC, its theme was nevertheless topical. For in Antigone's faithfulness to her dead brother...
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  • Poetics
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    Poetics

    Penguin Classics relaunch A penetrating account of Greek tragedy, it demonstrates how the elements of plot, character and spectacle combine to produce 'pity and fear' - and why we derive pleasure...
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  • Greek Tragedy
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    Greek Tragedy

    Bringing together the masterpieces of classical tragedy in one volume, this is the ideal single-volume introduction for theatre goers, actors, general readers, and students of Classics, English...
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  • Shropshire Lad and Other Poems
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    Shropshire Lad and Other Poems

    A wonderful collection of Housman's much-loved poetry, new to Penguin Classics A. E. Housman was one of the best-loved poets of his day, whose poems conjure up a potent and idyllic rural world...
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  • Relating Narratives
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    Relating Narratives

    Relating Narratives is a major new work by the philosopher and feminist thinker Adriana Cavarero. First published in Italian to widespread acclaim, Relating Narratives is a fascinating and...
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  • Opera From the Greek
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    Opera From the Greek

    Michael Ewans explores how classical Greek tragedy and epic poetry have been appropriated in opera, through eight selected case studies. These range from Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria,...
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  • A Treasury of Greek Mythology
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    A Treasury of Greek Mythology

    From fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from Jason and his golden fleece to Oedipus and his mother, this collection of classic tales from Greek mythology demonstrates the...
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  • Major Literary Seminars of Jacques Lacan
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    Major Literary Seminars of Jacques Lacan

    The Major Literary Seminars of Jacques Lacan considers the three key phases of Lacan’s interest in literary topics.Santanu Biswas first examines the seminars given between 1955 and 1961, in which...
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  • The Experience of Tragic Judgment The Experience of Tragic Judgment
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    The Experience of Tragic Judgment

    Adjudication between conflicting normative universes that do not share the same vocabulary, standards of rationality, and moral commitments cannot be resolved by recourse to traditional principles...
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  • The Persuasive Actor
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    The Persuasive Actor

    'A must-have for all actors who encounter speeches that are longer than three sentences. On the surface, that would be classic works from Sophocles through Shakespeare - with the 17th and 18th...
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  • Free Will
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    Free Will

    What is the place of human free will in our lives if all our actions are the result of some other cause? Does our processing unconscious beliefs or desires make us less free? Is our free will...
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  • Pandemics and Apocalypse in World Literature
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    Pandemics and Apocalypse in World Literature

    Pandemics and Apocalypse rereads classical narratives of plague from the Bible (Exodus) and classical antiquity, both Greek (Homer, Thucydides, Sophocles) and Roman (Lucretius, Virgil, Ovid), through...
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  • How Greek Tragedy Works How Greek Tragedy Works
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    How Greek Tragedy Works

    How Greek Tragedy Works is a journey through the hidden meanings and dual nature of Greek tragedy, drawing on its foremost dramatists to bring about a deeper understanding of how and why to engage...
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  • Free Will
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    Free Will

    What is the place of human free will in our lives if all our actions are the result of some other cause? Does our processing unconscious beliefs or desires make us less free? Is our free will...
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    Antigone in the Spring

    Inspired by the classic play by Sophocles, Antigone in Spring takes us to a fictional Qubec where dead birds fall from the sky, covering highways, rooftops, and parks. The citizens demand an...
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  • Maxwell Anderson and the Classical Tradition
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    Maxwell Anderson and the Classical Tradition

    This book sheds new light on the dramatic works of the American playwright, poet, and lyricist Maxwell Anderson, assessing the pervasive influence of Greek and Roman antiquity on his plays that...
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  • Complete Euripides, Volume 5 Complete Euripides, Volume 5
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    Complete Euripides, Volume 5

    Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New...
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  • Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters
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    Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters

    This book examines diseases and disasters from the perspective of social and political theory, exploring the ways in which political leaders, social activists, historians, philosophers, and writers...
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  • The Way to Colonos
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    The Way to Colonos

    A fiery modern retelling of three Greek tragedies, 'written in an ageless prose that instantly strikes the reader as the work of a master.' (Rachel Cusk, from the foreword)First published in 1961,...
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  • Understanding Greek Tragic Theatre
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    Understanding Greek Tragic Theatre

    Understanding Greek Tragic Theatre, a revised edition of Greek Tragic Theatre (1992), is intended for those interested in how Greek tragedy works. By analysing the way the plays were performed in...
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  • Preexisting Conditions
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    Preexisting Conditions

    A stunning philosophical and literary account of canonical plague talesMany are the losses suffered and lives lost during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2020, writers around the globe have...
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  • On Belonging and Not Belonging
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    On Belonging and Not Belonging

    On Belonging and Not Belonging provides a sophisticated exploration of how themes of translation, migration, and displacement shape an astonishing range of artistic works. From the possibilities and...
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  • The Greek Search for Wisdom The Greek Search for Wisdom
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    The Greek Search for Wisdom

    The philosopher Alfred North Whitehead once said that all of Western philosophy was "but a series of footnotes to Plato." By the same token, one could argue that all of Western civilization is but an...
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  • Antigone a la Mexicana
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    Antigone a la Mexicana

    This volume explores Mexican dramatic receptions of Sophocles' Antigone from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, investigating the thematic evolution of Antigone in Mexico and its cumulative...
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  • Psychology of Tragic Drama
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    Psychology of Tragic Drama

    First published in 1975, The Psychology of Tragic Drama offers an interpretation of some of the themes of both ancient and modern tragic drama through an investigation of the plays in the light of...
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  • Forms
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    Forms

    Forms offers a powerful new answer to one of the most pressing problems facing literary, critical, and cultural studies today--how to connect form to political, social, and historical context...
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