Oedipus Tyrannus (Hackett Classics) - Softcover

Sophocles; Peter Meineck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872204928 ISBN 13: 9780872204928

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US), 2000

Synopsis

Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff's collaboration on this new translation combines the strengths that have recently distinguished both as translators of Greek tragedy: expert knowledge of the Greek and of the needs of the teaching classicist, intimate knowledge of theatre, and an excellent ear for the spoken word. Their Oedipus Tyrannus features foot-of-the-page notes, an Introduction, stage directions and a translation characterized by its clarity, accuracy, and power.

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Review

A clear, vigorous, spare, actable translation, and with it, excellent apparatus (Intro., notes, bibliography); all in a slim and affordable volume. I will use when I next teach "Oedipus. Hackett is an invaluable resource!--Rachel Hadas, Rutgers University

An excellent translation. . . . Paul Woodruff's Introduction, written for a general audience, is clear and well-informed.--Herman Van Looy, "L'Antiquite Classique"

I have enjoyed all of the recent Hackett editions of translations of Greek literature and "Oedipus Tyrannus is certainly no exception. Meineck and Woodruff got things just right, from employing "Tyrannus instead of "Rex in the title (as has become traditional, though it lends an erroneous sense to the play from the outset) to Woodruff s very fine and accessible Introduction to the suspenseful, poetic and powerful rendering of the play itself. Meineck s theatrical sensibility and knowledge are evident, yet the text never becomes too "stagey nor wanders far from the Greek. I will definitely use this text along with other terrific Hackett editions in my courses.--Lisa Rengs George, Arizona State University"

An excellent translation. . . . Paul Woodruff s Introduction, written for a general audience, is clear and well-informed.--Herman Van Looy, "L'Antiquite Classique""

A clear, vigorous, spare, actable translation, and with it, excellent apparatus (Intro., notes, bibliography); all in a slim and affordable volume. I will use when I next teach Oedipus. Hackett is an invaluable resource!--Rachel Hadas, Rutgers University

I have enjoyed all of the recent Hackett editions of translations of Greek literature and "Oedipus Tyrannus" is certainly no exception. Meineck and Woodruff got things just right, from employing "Tyrannus" instead of "Rex" in the title (as has become traditional, though it lends an erroneous sense to the play from the outset) to Woodruff's very fine and accessible Introduction to the suspenseful, poetic and powerful rendering of the play itself. Meineck's theatrical sensibility and knowledge are evident, yet the text never becomes too "stagey" nor wanders far from the Greek. I will definitely use this text along with other terrific Hackett editions in my courses.--Lisa Rengs George, Arizona State University

An excellent translation. . . . Paul Woodruff's Introduction, written for a general audience, is clear and well-informed.--Herman Van Looy, L'Antiquite Classique

About the Author

Peter Meineck is Founder of Aquila Theatre and Associate Professor of Classics, New York University. Paul Woodruff is Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0872204928
• ISBN 13: 9780872204928
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128