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Antigonick

Sophocles2012
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With text blocks hand-inked on the page by Anne Carson and her collaborator Robert Currie, Antigonick features translucent vellum pages with stunning drawings by Bianca Stone that overlay the text.<p>Anne Carson has published translations of the ancient Greek poets Sappho, Simonides, Aiskhylos, Sophokles and Euripides. Antigonick is her first attempt at making translation into a combined visual and textual experience. Sophokles' luminous and disturbing tragedy is here given an entirely fresh language and presentation.
Main title:
Antigonick / Sophokles ; translated by Anne Carson ; illustrated by Bianca Stone ; design by Robert Currie.
Imprint:
New York : New Directions, 2012.
Collation:
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Notes:
A new translation by Anne Carson, with text blocks hand-inked on the page by Carson; on separate translucent velum pages, Bianca Stone has created drawings to overlay the text.
Shelving notes:
24688 0000066920 1 03-09-2012 0 leozit 03-09-2012 7
ISBN:
9780811219570 (hardcover alk paper)9780811219570 (hbk)0811219577 (hbk)
Dewey class:
882.01
LC class:
PA4414.A7
Language:
EnglishGreek, Ancient (to 1453)
BRN:
70473
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
East Melbourne Library-LiteratureLITER 882.01 SOPAvailable
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