Commissioned to mark the centenary of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 2004, The Burial at Thebes is Seamus Heaney's new verse translation of Sophocles' great tragedy, Antigone - whose eponymous heroine is one of the most sharply individualized and compelling figures in western drama. Faithful to the 'local row' and to the fierce specificity of the play's time and place, The Burial at Thebes honours the separate and irreconcilable claims of its opposed voices, as they enact the ancient but perennial conflict between family ...
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Commissioned to mark the centenary of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 2004, The Burial at Thebes is Seamus Heaney's new verse translation of Sophocles' great tragedy, Antigone - whose eponymous heroine is one of the most sharply individualized and compelling figures in western drama. Faithful to the 'local row' and to the fierce specificity of the play's time and place, The Burial at Thebes honours the separate and irreconcilable claims of its opposed voices, as they enact the ancient but perennial conflict between family and state in a time of crisis, pitching the morality of private allegiance against that of public service. Above all, The Burial at Thebes honours the sovereign urgency and grandeur of Heaney's Sophoclean original, in which language speaks truth to power, then and now.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 250grams, ISBN: 9780571223619.
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Very Good in Near Fine jacket. Black boards with gold spine titles, very good two small tape marks near bottom of front hinge. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket lightly scuffed, near fine in Mylar. Interior clean and bright, unmarked.
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Fine. Hardcover and softcover issues. (ISBN for softcover: 0-571-22409-1). Both are first editions/first prnts. and are unread copies in Fine condition. The dustjacket for the hardcover issue is unused and in Fine condition with a Durafold mylar cover. The softcover issue is in glossy pictoral wraps and is one in The Abbey Theater Playscript series and contains information about the original cast and The Abbey Theater which is not included in the hardcover issue. Heaney's translation of Sophocles' "Antigone." Sold as a lot.
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Used book in very good and clean conditions. Minor cosmetic defects may be present. Pages and cover intact. May include library marks notes marks and highlighting. Fast Shipping.