02156nam a22003138a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002700224082001600251245011100267264005200378300005900430336002600489337002600515338003600541500007300577520100800650700005901658776003501717856007101752999001901823CR9780511921230UkCbUP20180107143415.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||100927s2011||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9780511921230 (ebook)  z9780521119283 (hardback)  z9780521134781 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aPA4414.A7 bR3913 201100a882/.0122200aSophocles' Antigone :bA New Translation / [electronic resource]cEdited and translated by Diane J. Rayor. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2011.  a1 online resource (126 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aSophocles' Antigone comes alive in this new translation that will be useful for academic study and stage production. Diane Rayor's accurate yet accessible translation reflects the play's inherent theatricality. She provides an analytical introduction and comprehensive notes, and the edition includes an essay by director Karen Libman. Antigone begins after Oedipus and Jocasta's sons have killed each other in battle over the kingship. The new king, Kreon, decrees that the brother who attacked with a foreign army remain unburied and promises death to anyone who defies him. The play centers on Antigone's refusal to obey Kreon's law and Kreon's refusal to allow her brother's burial. Each acts on principle colored by gender, personality and family history. Antigone poses a conflict between passionate characters whose extreme stances leave no room for compromise. The highly charged struggle between the individual and the state has powerful implications for ethical and political situations today.1 aRayor, Diane J.,eeditor of compilation, etranslator.08iPrint version: z978052111928340uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511921230zCambridge Books Online  c236689d236689