Description
| Product ID: | 9780872207646 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Hackett Classics |
| Title: | Four Tragedies |
| Subtitle: | Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes |
| Authors: | Author: Sophocles, Peter Meineck, Paul Woodruff |
| Page Count: | 312 |
| Subjects: | Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Classical texts, Plays, playscripts, Plays, playscripts |
| Description: | 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 have so often made their Theban Plays a source of epiphany in the classroom and of understanding in the theatre. Woodruff's Introduction offers a brisk and stimulating discussion of central themes in Sophoclean drama, the life of the playwright, staging issues, and each of the four featured plays. 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 have so often made their Theban Plays a source of epiphany in the classroom and of understanding in the theatre. Woodruff''s Introduction offers a brisk and stimulating discussion of central themes in Sophoclean drama, the life of the playwright, staging issues, and each of the four featured plays. |
| Imprint Name: | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2007-09-15 |
