{"product_id":"9781350600379","title":"Sophokles Antigone","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Classics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSophokles Antigone\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSophocles | Anne Carson | Anne Carson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A marvellous new translation by Anne Carson that crackles with canny colloquialism and insight\" - \u003ci\u003eArts Desk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen her dead brother is decreed a traitor, Antigone refuses to leave his body unburied. Defying her uncle's governance she forges ahead with the funeral alone, placing personal allegiance before politics, a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eT.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet Anne Carson, offers a vivid translation of Sophokles' tragic masterpiece that was first staged in a ground-breaking production at the Barbican in 2015, directed by Ivo van Hove. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA raw and beautiful adaption, \u003ci\u003eSophokles. Antigone \u003c\/i\u003eis published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Laura Jansen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAnne Carson\u003c\/b\u003e is a MacArthur Fellow; she has received the Lannan Prize, the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Poetry Prize (twice-awarded), and was an Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany. Anne adapted \u003ci\u003eThe Bakkhai\u003c\/i\u003e for the Almeida in 2015. Classic Stage Company in New York has produced \u003ci\u003eAn Oresteia\u003c\/i\u003e (a trilogy adapted from Aeschylus' \u003ci\u003eAgamemnon\u003c\/i\u003e, Sophokles' \u003ci\u003eElectra\u003c\/i\u003e and Euripides' \u003ci\u003eOrestes\u003c\/i\u003e) in repertory. \u003ci\u003eNorma Jeanne Baker of Troy \u003c\/i\u003e(a version of Euripides' \u003ci\u003eHelen\u003c\/i\u003e) has been staged at The Shed in  New York.  An opera-version of \u003ci\u003eH of H Playbook\u003c\/i\u003e will be produced in Basel in 2027, composed by Bruce Dessner.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350600379\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.36\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333860655244,"sku":"9781350600379","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_cde87cba-342b-4bb4-b3a6-73686b68624e.jpg?v=1783617155","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350600379","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}