Antigone (Greek Tragedy In New Translations Series)

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Braun,,,,also,,,,reveals,,,,a,,,,Creon,,,,as,,,,stubbornly,,,,principled,,,,as,,,,Antigone,,,,,instead,,,,of,,,,simply,,,,the,,,,arrogant,,,,tyrant,,,,of,,,,conventional,,,,interpretations.,,,,The,,,,father,,,,of,,,,history,,,,neglects,,,,to,,,,record,,,,the,,,,reaction,,,,of,,,,Phrynichus',,,,agent.,,,,Unlike,,,the,,,traditionally,,,gentle,,,and,,,pious,,,protagonist,,,opposed,,,to,,,a,,,brutal,,,and,,,villainous,,,Creon,,,,Braun,,,s,,,Antigone,,,emerges,,,as,,,a,,,true,,,Sophoclean,,,heroine-with,,,all,,,the,,,harshness,,,and,,,even,,,hubris,,,,as,,,well,,,as,,,pathos,,,and,,,beauty,,,,that,,,Sophoclean,,,heroism,,,requires.,,,This,,,choice,,,was,,,,no,,,doubt,,,,stress-related:,,,the,,,pressure,,,of,,,having,,,to,,,produce,,,attention-getting,,,,publicity-worthy,,,translations,,,of,,,Greek,,,tragedy,,,–,,,to,,,create,,,''a,,,publishing,,,event'',,,after,,,two,,,millenniums,,,–,,,cannot,,,be,,,pleasant.,,,But,,,,Lombardo,,,,(who,,,,,unlike,,,,many,,,,of,,,,the,,,,Penn,,,,''translators,'',,,,knows,,,,Greek),,,,has,,,,fashioned,,,,a,,,,reinterpretation,,,,that,,,,grows,,,,coherently,,,,and,,,,organically,,,,out,,,,of,,,,a,,,,text,,,,he,,,,is,,,,intimately,,,,familiar,,,,with.,,,,122,,,Fifth,,,Avenue,,,,New,,,York,,,,NY,,,10011,,,.,,,This,,finely-tuned,,translation,,of,,Sophocles,,Antigone,,by,,Richard,,Emil,,Braun,,,both,,a,,distinguished,,poet,,and,,a,,professional,,scholar-critic,,,offers,,,in,,lean,,,sinewy,,verse,,and,,lyrics,,of,,unusual,,intensity,,,an,,interpretation,,informed,,by,,exemplary,,scholarship,,and,,critical,,insight.,,There's,,,,nothing,,,,wrong,,,,with,,,,refashioning,,,,the,,,,classics,,,,in,,,,a,,,,biting,,,,,contemporary,,,,fashion:,,,,Stanley,,,,Lombardo's,,,,''Iliad,'',,,,published,,,,last,,,,year,,,,,is,,,,a,,,,model,,,,for,,,,translations,,,,of,,,,this,,,,sort.,,,,

The,,first,,volume,,to,,be,,published,,was,,,appropriately,,enough,,,Slavitt's,,own,,translation,,of,,Aeschylus',,''Oresteia'',,(458,,B.C.),,,one,,of,,the,,earliest,,surviving,,works,,for,,the,,theater.,,Paper,,,$16.95.,,Play.,,,Under,,the,,editorship,,of,,Peter,,Burian,,and,,Alan,,Shapiro,,,each,,of,,these,,volumes,,includes,,a,,critical,,introduction,,,commentary,,on,,the,,text,,,full,,stage,,directions,,,and,,a,,glossary,,of,,the,,mythical,,and,,geographical,,references,,in,,the,,plays.,,Given,,,that,,,unabashedly,,,patriotic,,,context,,,,''Capture'',,,must,,,have,,,looked,,,like,,,a,,,sure,,,thing:,,,a,,,topical,,,tear-jerker,,,based,,,,as,,,we,,,might,,,say,,,,on,,,a,,,true,,,story.,,,It,,,,is,,,,one,,,,thing,,,,to,,,,try,,,,to,,,,eliminate,,,,the,,,,archaisms,,,,and,,,,opacity,,,,of,,,,the,,,,original,,,,in,,,,order,,,,to,,,,streamline,,,,the,,,,plays,,,,for,,,,a,,,,contemporary,,,,audience;,,,,few,,,,audiences,,,,,to,,,,say,,,,nothing,,,,of,,,,actors,,,,,are,,,,likely,,,,to,,,,pine,,,,for,,,,phrases,,,,like,,,,''a,,,,great,,,,ox,,,,stands,,,,upon,,,,my,,,,tongue,'',,,,which,,,,is,,,,what,,,,the,,,,terrified,,,,Watchman,,,,in,,,,''Agamemnon'',,,,says,,,,when,,,,hinting,,,,that,,,,something,,,,is,,,,rotten,,,,in,,,,the,,,,state,,,,of,,,,Mycenae.,,,,According,,,to,,,Herodotus,,,,the,,,Athenians,,,were,,,so,,,distraught,,,after,,,seeing,,,''The,,,Capture,,,of,,,Miletus'',,,that,,,they,,,fined,,,the,,,playwright,,,a,,,huge,,,sum,,,and,,,forbade,,,future,,,performances.,,,

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