The Burial at Thebes: Sophocles' Antigone

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In The Burial at Thebes, a luminous and poetic version of Sophocles' Antigone, a young woman defies the law of the king with violent and tragic consequences.Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's The Burial at Thebes explores the dangers of pride ...

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Other editions

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  The Burial at Thebes: The Play

  • 2004-03-04
  • 64 pages
  • Paperback
  • -
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  The Burial at Thebes: Sophocles' Antigone

  • 2004
  • 56 pages
  • Paperback
  • -
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  The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone

  • 2014-01-13
  • 88 pages
  • Ebook
  • Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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  The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone

  • 2005-11-03
  • 79 pages
  • Paperback
  • Macmillan

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