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Antigone ~~ Sophokles Anne Carson
I love Antigone. I think it is one of the very best of the Greek tragedies ~~ no one of the very best of all tragedies ever written.
Random thought ~~ I suspect there is a play that is part of this cycle that is missing ~~ a play that focuses on the brothers.
This review will not focus on the play itself, but on the wonderful translation by Anne Carson.
Anne Carson is a poet. She is a wordsmith in the highest sense of the word. Sh ...more
Antigone ~~ Sophokles Anne Carson
I love Antigone. I think it is one of the very best of the Greek tragedies ~~ no one of the very best of all tragedies ever written.
Random thought ~~ I suspect there is a play that is part of this cycle that is missing ~~ a play that focuses on the brothers.
This review will not focus on the play itself, but on the wonderful translation by Anne Carson.
Anne Carson is a poet. She is a wordsmith in the highest sense of the word. Sh ...more
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