Pub Date: July 14, 2022
Dewey: 882.01
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 13 to 17
Physical Info: 0.20" H x 7.40" L x 1.90" W ( 0.15 lbs) 56 pages
BISAC Categories:
Series: Modern Plays
Description: "After Oedipus' self-exile his sons Eteocles and Polynices went on a civil war for the Theban throne, which resulted in both brothers dying fighting each other. Oedipus' brother-in-law and new Theban ruler Creon ordered the public honor of Eteocles and the public shame of Thebes' traitor Polynices. The story follows the attempts of Antigone to bury the body of her brother going against the decision of her uncle and placing her relationship with her brother above human laws"--
Brief description: Anne Carson is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, and a professor of Classics. She has been awarded Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowships, the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Lannan Literary Award and two Griffin Poetry Prizes. Carson won the PEN/Nabokov Award in 2021.
Review Quotes: "A marvellous new translation by Anne Carson that crackles with canny colloquialism and insight" --Arts Desk