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Sophocles

Edith Hall

This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Sophocles the Athenian, placing his plays within their historical context, and…

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Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare)

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The play plus a translation anyone can understand –Cover.

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Oedipus King of Thebes

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"Oedipus King of Thebes," commonly known as "Oedipus Rex," is a profound Greek tragedy by Sophocles that delves into themes of fate, prophecy, and identity. The play centers on Oedipus…

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Things Fall Apart

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Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.

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Antigone

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Tells the story of Greek tragedy’s most intrepid heroine.

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Sophocles

Jill Dudley

Life and works of the dramatist Sophocles.

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Sophocles

Robert Whitelaw Sophocles

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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Sophocles

P. J. Finglass

Reconstructing the Classics collects across three volumes over ninety papers by P. J. Finglass (Henry Overton Wills Professor of Greek at the University of Bristol, and formerly Professor of Greek…

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Sophocles

Robert Whitelaw Sophocles

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Politeness Strategies in Sophocles’ Dialogue

Marco Catrambone

Scholarship on the rapid dialogue of Attic tragedy mostly focused on form and structure, overlooking language and the relationships between the characters. This book redresses the imbalance by deploying under-explored…

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Oedipus

Robert Icke

Sophocles' epic tragedy transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller by visionary director Robert Icke.

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The Theban Plays

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Presents tales such as King Oedipus , Oedipus at Colonus , and Antigone .

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The Oedipus Plays: Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus SparkNotes Literature Guide

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When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a…

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Electra and Other Plays

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Sophocles’ plays transformed Greek myths into dramas featuring complex human characters, through which he explored profound moral issues. This title contains plays such as: Electra , Ajax , Women of…

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The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus

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Greek Tragedy

Aeschylus,Euripides,Sophocles

Covers three of the most famous tragedies from Ancient Greece, all featuring female protagonists. This title presents a play-by-play introduction, key dates and a guide to pronunciation.

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Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra

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A retelling of Sophocles’ tragedy of the fate of Antigone, who defies her uncle and buries her brother. The text is printed on handmade paper and the volume is slip-cased…

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Tempest: No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student Edition

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Originally published: London: Hutchinson, 1985.

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Othello: No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student Edition

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Shakespeare everyone can understand–now in new DELUXE editions! Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, these popular guides make…

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Merchant of Venice: No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student Edition

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Presents the original text of Shakespeare’s play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Features explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols and detailed analysis of important characters.

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King Lear: No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student Edition

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Shakespeare everyone can understand–now in new DELUXE editions! Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, these popular guides make…

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Twelfth Night: No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student Edition

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Shakespeare everyone can understand–now in new DELUXE editions! Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, these popular guides make…

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Electras

Michael Davis

Michael Davis revisits questions of interpretation in Greek tragedy emerging in the thought of the late Seth Benardete. While this is not the book Benardete would have written, it wrestles…

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Understanding Human Life through Psychoanalysis and Ancient Greek Tragedy

Sotiris Manolopoulos

Drawing parallels between ancient theatre, the analytic setting and the workings of psychic life, this book examines the tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles and Aeschylus through a psychoanalytic lens, with a…

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Understanding Human Life through Psychoanalysis and Ancient Greek Tragedy

Sotiris Manolopoulos

Drawing parallels between ancient theatre, the analytic setting and the workings of psychic life, this book examines the tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles and Aeschylus through a psychoanalytic lens, with a…

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Helping Friends and Harming Enemies

Ruby Blondell

Sophocles is often considered the least philosophical of the three great Greek tragedians. By analysing a fundamental principle of Greek popular ethics, this study challenged that presumption, and remains of…

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Helping Friends and Harming Enemies

Ruby Blondell

Sophocles is often considered the least philosophical of the three great Greek tragedians. By analysing a fundamental principle of Greek popular ethics, this study challenged that presumption, and remains of…

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.

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Hamlet

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Julius Caesar

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Lord of the Flies

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The Odyssey

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Literary Terms SparkCharts

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SparkCharts ™: The information you need-concisely, conveniently, and accurately.

Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, these study companions and reference tools cover a wide range of college and graduate…

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Chemistry SparkNotes Study Cards

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Boiling down subjects into easily digestible tidbits that make studying faster and easier, this title features cards that pose questions, provide fill-in-the-blank problems to test your skills, and present diagrams…

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Othello

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Measure for Measure

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This guide helps make Shakespeare’s play more accessible. It contains a complete text of the original work, along with a line-by-line modernisation and plenty of helpful commentary.

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1984

Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.

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TL;DR Literature: Dynamically illustrated plot and character summaries for 13 modern classics

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Chapters in this volume consist of six-page summaries of well-known contemporary novels illustrated with four-color infographics and organized in thematic groupings: If This Goes On (e.g., Fahrenheit 451, The Handmaid’s…

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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Features explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols and detailed analysis of important characters.

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The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan

Features explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols and detailed analysis of important characters.

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The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Features explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols and detailed analysis of important characters.

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The Winter’s Tale

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This guide helps make Shakespeare’s play more accessible. It contains a complete text of the original work, along with a line-by-line modernisation and plenty of helpful commentary.

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