Seamus Heaney: The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes
Buch
- A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes
- Publisher:
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 12/1991
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, Paperback
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780374522896
- Item number:
- 5422917
- Volume:
- 96 Pages
- Weight:
- 91 g
- Format:
- 203 x 137 mm
- Thickness:
- 10 mm
- Release date:
- 4.12.1991
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
The Cure at Troy is Seamus Heaney's version of Sophocles' Philoctetes. Written in the fifth century BC, this play concerns the predicament of the outcast hero, Philoctetes, whom the Greeks marooned on the island of Lemnos and forgot about until the closing stages of the Siege of Troy. Abandoned because of a wounded foot, Philoctetes nevertheless possesses an invincible bow without which the Greeks cannot win the Trojan War. They are forced to return to Lemnos and seek out Philoctetes' support in a drama that explores the conflict between personal integrity and political expediency.Heaney's version of Philoctetes is a fast-paced, brilliant work ideally suited to the stage. Heaney holds on to the majesty of the Greek original, but manages to give his verse the flavor of Irish speech and context.
Biography
Seamus Heaney, geb. 1939 in Nordirland, publizierte bereits während seines Studiums der Englischen Philologie in Belfast Gedichte. Nach seiner Lehrerausbildung schloss er sich 'The Group' an, einer Gruppe junger Autoren, und veröffentlichte 1966 seinen ersten Gedichtband 'Death of Naturalist'. Von 1966-72 war er Lektor für englische Literatur an der Queen's University in Belfast und 1970-71 Gastdozent an der University of California in Berkeley, USA. Seit 1982 ist Seamus Heaney Gastprofessor in Harvard. Er lebt heute in Dublin und erhielt 1995 den Nobelpreis für Literatur.
Seamus Heaney
The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes
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