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Sophocles´ Oedipus at Colonus : Manuscript Materials
W. B. Yeats
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Description for Sophocles´ Oedipus at Colonus : Manuscript Materials
Hardback. Editor(s): Curtis, Jared. Series: The Cornell Yeats. Num Pages: 640 pages, 267. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1199.
Yeats first expressed interest in producing translations of Greek classical plays in March of 1903, in the early days of establishing the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. But not until two decades later did he turn his hand to creating his own versions of Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus. Working from Victorian translations into English and French by classicists R. C. Jebb and Paul Masqueray, he completed Oedipus the King in the fall of 1926 and Oedipus at Colonus a year later. The second play, like the first, he gave directly to the ... Read more
Yeats first expressed interest in producing translations of Greek classical plays in March of 1903, in the early days of establishing the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. But not until two decades later did he turn his hand to creating his own versions of Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus. Working from Victorian translations into English and French by classicists R. C. Jebb and Paul Masqueray, he completed Oedipus the King in the fall of 1926 and Oedipus at Colonus a year later. The second play, like the first, he gave directly to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Series
The Cornell Yeats
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801447037
SKU
V9780801447037
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About W. B. Yeats
Jared Curtis is Emeritus Professor of English and Visiting Scholar in English at the University of Washington. He is Coordinating Editor of The Cornell Yeats and editor or coeditor of several volumes, including The Resurrection : Manuscript Materials. He is the 2013 recipient of the M. L. Rosenthal Award for distinguished contributions to Yeats studies. ... Read more
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