Electra sophocles play project gutenberg selfpublishing. The insights presented in the volume are many and wideranging, recognizably in tune with the subtlest modern discussions of desire such as triangulation. Displeased with klytaimestras actions, apollo calls. I was attending an oresteia, the poet anne carsons translation of three plays detailing the fall of the house of atreus. Anne carson is a poet, essayist, professor of classics, and translator. Electra greek tragedy in new translations sophocles, anne carson translator based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of aeschylus, sophocles, and euripides, the greek tragedy in new translations series offers new translations that go beyond the. Carsons genreaverse approach to writing mixes poetry with essay, literary criticism, and other forms of prose, and her style is at once quirky, inventive, and erudite. Sophocles version is presented from the viewpoint of electra, orestes sister, who laments her father, bears witness to her mothers crime, and for.
Fragments of sappho the beauty of the husband men in the off hours autobiography of red glass, irony and god eros the bittersweet. These hot pictures of carmen electraare going to drive you nuts. She has also been quite wonderful with sappho, a poet i have always assumed i admire on the basis that catullus. But carson speci,es that euripides himself licenses this innovative formal play.
Anne carsons autobiography of red 1998 is a text that traverses the boundaries between postmodernism and mythology. Anne carsons take on a story first told 3,000 years ago is astonishing, writes sarah crown sarah crown. While we are talking about her performances and the actress as a whole, we want to now take you on a ride through the carmen electra bikini photo gallery. Aug 16, 20 anne carson s take on a story first told 3,000 years ago is astonishing, writes sarah crown sarah crown. As the god of wine, theatre and sometimes going crazy, dionysos would have had my vote in ancient greece. Electra translation, 2001 electra is a story of a savage though necessary act of vengeance, vividly depicting electra s grief, anger, and exultation. Electra paperback sophocles oxford university press. Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of aeschylus, sophocles, and euripides, the greek tragedy in new translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Carson lived in montreal for several years and taught at mcgill university, the university of michigan, and at princeton university from 1980 to 1987.
Anne carsons antigonick is a colorful riff on sophocles antigone, and the poets fourth book of tragedyintranslation. The internet classics archive electra by sophocles. Herakles is on point, hekabe is perfectly drawn, hippolytus stumbles a bit, and alkestis the only one i was unfamiliar with was the strangest mix of comedy about tragedy ive ever encountered, in it, euripides. The greek tragedy in new translations general editors peter burian and alan shapiro sophocles. Anne carson is a professor of classics at the university of toronto, canada, as well as a poet, essayist, and translator. As a translator, carson is well aware that her work must issue from the everchanging afterlife of the original, an approach that requires cultural and textual fluidity. An oresteia, translated by anne carson the globe and mail.
Aug 06, 2015 bakkhai by euripides, in a new version by anne carson directed by james macdonald starring ben whishaw, bertie carvel and kevin harvey almeida theatre, london, until 19 september 2015. Bakkhai by euripides, in a new version by anne carson times. Anne carson is a daring, learned, unsettling writer. Carsons version adheres broadly to euripides greek, albeit frequently torqued in form and idiom. Greek tragedies get lost in anne carsons translation, writes. Anne carson, 2001 verse jenny march, 2001 prose acting edition tom mcgrath, 2003 prose. I was attending an oresteia, the poet anne carsons translation of. Translating is a task of imitation that faces in two directions at once, for it must line itself up with the solid body of the original text and at the same time with the shadow of that text where it falls across another language. Anne carson s translation is all one would expect of her work. Sophocles translated by anne carson and introduction and notes by michael shaw. Electra greek tragedy in new translations sophocles. After the murder of her daughter iphigeneia by her husband, agamemnon, klytaimestra exacts a mothers revenge, murdering agamemnon and his mistress, kassandra.
Carson and photography free download as powerpoint presentation. Electra greek tragedy in new translations pdf free download. In this innovative rendition of the oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist anne carson combines three different visionsaischylos agamemnon, sophokles elektra, and euripides orestesgiving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic greek triumvirate of vengeance. In this innovative rendition of the oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist anne carson combines three different visions aischylos agamemnon, sophokles elektra, and euripides orestes, giving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic greek triumvirate of vengeance. Anne is currently adapting the bakkhai for the almeida. Bakkhai by euripides, in a new version by anne carson directed by james macdonald starring ben whishaw, bertie carvel and kevin harvey almeida theatre, london, until 19 september 2015. As such, it investigates and builds further upon its own mythological foundations, rooted in the poem geryoneis by the ancient greek poet stesichoros. She was a 1998 guggenheim fellow, and in 2000 she was awarded a macarthur fellowship. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Electra translation, 2001 electra is a story of a savage though necessary act of vengeance, vividly depicting electras grief, anger, and exultation.
Anne carson was uncomfortable with the idea of a traditional profile. A bold, iconoclastic new look at one of the great works of greek tragedy. Greek tragedies get lost in anne carsons translation, writes alexis. In an oresteia, the classicist anne carson combines three different versions of the tragedy of the house of atreus a iskhylos agamemnon, sophokles elektra and euripides orestes. Oct 22, 2015 autobiography of red by anne carson in epub, fb3, txt download ebook. Anne carson, fodd 21 juni 1950 i toronto i ontario, ar en kanadensisk forfattare, poet, oversattare, litteraturkritiker. Electra greek tragedy in new translations 9780195049602. A translator is someone trying to get in between a body and its shadow. Daylight pure, bright sky, earths coverlet, you are longstanding nightfade witnesses to my laments, rent from my chest, so bloodied now with selfstruck blows, while, hated bed, you overhear my nightlong 90 dirge, within this wretched house, for my poor father. Jan 31, 2020 these hot pictures of carmen electraare going to drive you nuts. Only awardwinning poet anne carson could create a work that takes on the oldest of lyrical subjects love and make it this powerful, this fresh, this devastating. There is the ancient argos of thy yearning, that hallowed scene whence the gadfly drove the daughter of inachus.
Her awards and honors include the lannan award, the pushcart prize, the griffin trust award for excellence in poetry, and fellowships from the guggenheim an. S eliot prize, the pushcart prize, the griffin poetry prize twiceawarded, and was an annamaria kellen fellow at the american academy in berlin, germany. Aeschyluss agamemnon, sophocless electra and euripidess orestes. Anne carson is, for me, the most exciting poet writing in english today. Reading euripedes, we realize that, for hekabeand for countless othersloving is the greatest sorrow.
Anne carson and euripides keep things moving at a brisk pace here through all four plays even when the plot is at its most absurd. Apr 27, 2009 i was attending an oresteia, the poet anne carson s translation of three plays detailing the fall of the house of atreus. Pdf oresteian trilogy pdf download read online free. As the god of wine, theatre and sometimes going crazy, dionysos would have. With the help of a high school latin instructor, she learned ancient greek, which contributed to her continuing interest in classical and hellenic literature.
Electra recounts the murders of clytemnestra and aegisthus by clytemnestras son orestes, to avenge their murder of his father agamemnon, commander of the greeks at troy, upon his return home. Anne carson was born in canada and has been a professor of classics for over thirty years. Classic stage company in new york has produced anne carsons an oresteia a trilogy adapted from aeschylus agamemnon, sophokles electra and euripides orestes in repertory. Anne carson born june 21, 1950 is a canadian poet, essayist, translator, and professor of classics. Includes bibliographical references in this innovative rendition of the oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist anne carson combines three different visions aischylos agamemnon, sophokles elektra, and euripides orestes, giving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic greek triumvirate of vengeance.
Anne carson, canadian poet, essayist, translator, and classicist whose work treats classical subjects in what has been called a postmodern fashion. If we separate the elements that make the book uniquely carson, we dont find much that she hasnt done before. Anne carsons dionysian bakkhai by harriet staff poetry. Under the general editorship of peter burian and alan. I was attending an oresteia, the poet anne carson s translation of three plays detailing the fall of the house of atreus. As in her other versions of euripides and sophocles like grief lesson, electra, and antigone carson s line breaks turn the play into a poetry at turns lush and riotous, at others glibly deadpan. The inscrutable brilliance of anne carson the new york times. Michaels college at the university of toronto and, despite. Autobiography of red by anne carson in epub, fb3, txt download ebook. She was a guggenheim fellow and a macarthur fellow, and has won a pushcart prize, a lannan literary award, and a pen award for poetry in translation. Electra by sophocles, translated by anne carson introduction and notes by michael shaw editors forward by peter burian and alan shapiro first performed. This curated image gallery will showcase some of the sexiest carmen bikini photo galleries. An essay economy of the unlost plainwater essays and poetry anne carson vintage contemporaries vintage books a division of random house, inc.
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