Dec 02, 20 antigonick is a translation of sophocless play antigone, with tangentiallyifatall related illustrations by bianca stone. Pdf oresteian trilogy pdf download read online free. On separate translucent vellum pages, the artist bianca stone has created stunning drawings to overlay the text. Anne carson has published translations of the ancient greek poets sappho, simonides, aiskhylos, sophokles and euripides. Introduction sophocles sophocles was born at colonus, a small village just to the northwest of athens, in 4965 bc. Anne carsons antigonick is a colorful riff on sophocles antigone, and the poets fourth book of tragedyintranslation. Its written in anne carsons handwriting, with small capitals, black and red text, and only occasionally punctuation. Antigone, modern adaptation 87 minute film by antonio dalfonso 2012 antigonick, play by anne carson 2012 which is a free and poetic adaptation of the sophocles play.
Feb 27, 2015 a production of antigone starring juliette binoche, from a translation by anne carson, opens this week. The text is handprinted by carson and creates a feeling of emotional fervor and highlights the poetic elements of the play. A stunning, new translation by the poet and classicist anne carson, first performed in 2015 at the almeida theatre in london anne carson writes, euripides was a playwright of the fifth century bc who reinvented greek tragedy, setting it on a path that leads straight to reality tv. Other tv adaptations of antigone have starred irene worth 1949 and dorothy tutin 1959, both broadcast by the bbc. The chorus laments antigones death only insofar as she is a statistic. Antigone undone offers an urgent and mesmerizing account of the creative and destructive power of great art. With text blocks handinked on the page by anne carson and her collaborator robert currie, antigonick features translucent vellum pages with stunning drawings by bianca stone that overlay the text. She was a 1998 guggenheim fellow, and in 2000 she was awarded a macarthur fellowship. Jul 15, 2019 note that carson has apparently turned antigone into a suicide bomber. Aug 11, 2015 a new translation by anne carson of sophokles greek tragedy. Anne carsons collapse of history guernica guernica magazine. I may be forced to do a oneclick shop for antigonick. Anne carson and i first met in 1988 at a writers workshop in canada, and have been reading each others work ever since. Antigone is the occasion for a new field of the human, achieved through political catachresis, the one that happens when the less than human speaks as human, when gender is displaced, and kinship founders on its founding laws.
Anne carson has published translations of the ancient. Ce contenu a ete publie dans actualites, news, et marque avec anne carson, antigonick, ben hjorth, philoperformance par anna street. The protagonists of euripides bakkhai new directions, dec 2017 are a new god and a crossdressing conservative. Illustrations by bianca stone, used by permission of new directions publishing corp. Autobiography of red pdf download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Although the coursework had some flaws, coming from fundie publisher abeka, in general, the teachers were pretty good. Antigone at the barbican was a 2015 filmedfortv version of a production at the barbican directed by ivo van hove. If we separate the elements that make the book uniquely carson, we dont find much that she hasnt done before. Anne carson has published translations of the ancient greek poets sappho, simonides, aiskhylos, sophokle. A production of antigone starring juliette binoche, from a translation by anne carson, opens this week. Buy antigone oberon classics by sophokles, anne carson isbn. Natalie haynes on a protagonist who is either brave or disobedient. The poet anne carson s translation of antigone is retitled antigonick new directions, 180 pp.
Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need. We find her dry humor, her keen intelligence, her love for visual art, and her knack for updating ancient greek tragedy with contemporary vernacular. Mar 12, 2015 a marvellous new translation by anne carson that crackles with canny colloquialism and insight arts desk mademoiselle binoche may be the big draw, but theres more to it than that. The interview that follows is a mix of our usual conversation and discussion about topics that preoccupy carsons workmysticism, antiquity, obsession, desire. Antigonick is a comicbook presentation of sophokles antigone in a new translation by anne carson, with text blocks handinked on the page by carson and her collaborator robert currie. Click download or read online button to get autobiography of red pdf book now. Max, vice chairman of the board katy clark, president joseph v. Antigonick by anne carson illustrated by bianca stone, bloodaxe, 112pp. Antigone buried alive friday afternoon compare case histories 7, 17 and. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Anne carsons antigonick judith cair anne carsons antigonick is a handsome object, almost foursquare in shape, cool to the eye, heavy in the hand. Jun 22, 2012 in her updated rendition of the play she calls the antigonick by sophokles, anne carson fashions a protagonist with the headspace of a suicide bomber.
Antigonick by sophokles, translated by anne carson, labo laps 2014. Reading this book felt something like entering a state of grace, or at least gratefulness. Oct 28, 2019 antigone by sophokles anne carson translation csub 2019 i was homeschooled from 2nd grade on, but for my last three years, i used video courses for my subjects. An illustrated new translation of sophokles antigone. Anne carson born june 21, 1950 is a canadian poet, essayist, translator, and professor of classics. I felt like giving thanks the entire time i was reading it, that anne carson has written a translation of sophocless antigone that manages to be very beautiful and very funny and utterly surprising, all at the same time. I thought it was just a translation of antigone, and it is that, but this is a handcrafted book, the text written out by the poettranslator, illustrated with beautiful. S eliot prize, the pushcart prize, the griffin poetry prize twiceawarded, and was an annamaria kellen fellow at the american academy in berlin, germany. In 2015 will aitken journeyed to luxembourg for the rehearsals and premiere of anne carsons translation of sophokles 5thcentury bce tragedy antigone, starring juliette binoche and directed by theatrical sensation ivo van hove. Carson and her colleagues presented a reading of antigonick in 2012 at the louisiana gallery in denmark. Anne carson s antigonick is a colorful riff on sophocles antigone, and the poets fourth book of tragedyintranslation. Director ivo van hove goes for a moderndress approach which, along with anne carsons informal new translation, gives it a sprightly tone. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. To understand antigones deeds, we need to re turn to sophokles oidipous at kolonos, in which.
Buy anne carson ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Inside, the text is interspersed with thick transparencies bearing bianca stones. With the great juliette binoche being the face of this muchpublicised production of antigone at the kings theatre, it would not be unreasonable to assume that it was all about her and her alone. By sophokles in a new translation by anne carson barbican and. Anne carsons rendition of sophocles timeless tragedy antigone, goes beyond translation. Its hard to think of a writer more committed to unspringing language from habitual usage, wrenching words back into an almost unnerving intensity. Carson lived in montreal for several years and taught at mcgill university, the university of michigan, and at princeton university from 1980 to 1987. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. Antigonick, anne carsons translation of sophocles antigone, was released in. In this video she performs antigonick, which is her version of sophocles ancient greek tragedy, antigone. Anne carsons antigone posted on 2 september 2015 by kate sotejeffwilson 2 comments yes, i did go to see antigone at the edinburgh festival because juliette binoche was in the title role i loved her work with kieslowski, though unfortunately this time, images from chocolat kept surfacing in my mind. Canadian anne carson has been heralded as one of the most important contemporary poets writing in english. Antigonick is a translation of sophokles antigone only in the loosest sense with significant changes and metatextual additions to the original, an extra character, and illustrations with interpretations left open to the reader, it could easily be considered a different work altogether. Oedipus oedipus unwittingly killed his father, laios, and married his own mother, iocaste.
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