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 play's time and place,The Burial at Thebes represents opposing voices as they enact the ancient 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 the Antigone,in which language speaks truth to power,then and now.
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571223626Number of pages: 64Weight: 90 gDimensions: 198 x 130 x 6 mmEdition: Main
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney's passing in 2013 robbed the literary world of one of its most profound and learned voices. Born in 1939 in Northern Ireland,Heaney began publishing poetry whilst lecturing in Belfast in the 1960s,later moving to Dublin where he resided under his death.
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