Looking at Antigone

This book is a thought-provoking and useful addition to the scholarship on Antigone, the most often performed and re-worked of all the Greek tragedies. * Classics for All * Stuttard offers an illuminating introduction ... I was delighted to be given the opportunity to read and review this wonderfully diverse collection of essays ... The authors have given us twelve insightful and accessible essays, which would benefit specialised scholars and non-specialised readers everywhere. * The Classical Review * Stuttard has brought together his own humane and sensitive translation of one of ancient Greece's most famous tragedies with a stellar cast of insightful minds who offer new, thought-provoking and exciting journeys into the rich texture of the play. Not to be missed! * Michael Scott, Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick, UK * Stuttard's eminently speakable translation is richly illuminated by essays probing not only Antigone's uncompromising moral imagination and abiding influence but also Theban society's dilemmas in the aftermath of civil war. * Niall W. Slater, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Latin and Greek, Emory University, USA * A first-rate companion to an enduringly famous play. David Stuttard's introduction and wonderfully speakable translation, along with essays by twelve well-known scholars, make Looking at Antigone a rich resource for both readers and performers. * Pat Easterling, Regius Professor Emeritus of Greek, University of Cambridge, UK * Raises and suggests ways to answer the questions raised by todays readers; an accessible and informative resource for anyone who reads the Antigone in translation. * Mary Lefkowitz, Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emerita in the Humanities, Wellesley College, USA * This is a very important collection ... Despite the complexity of the arguments contained in this collection, the authors have given us twelve insightful and accessible essays, which would benefit specialised scholars and non-specialised readers everywhere. * The Classical Association *

David Stuttard has directed his own translations and adaptations of Greek drama throughout the UK and in classical theatres in Turkey and Albania. He is the founder of the theatre company Actors of Dionysus and has edited three 'Looking at' volumes for Bloomsbury: Bacchae (2016), Medea (2014) and Lysistrata (2010).

Introduction: Antigone, A Play for Today? (David Stuttard) 1. Antigone, Right or Wrong? (Alex Garvie, University of Glasgow, UK) 2. Antigone as Others See Her (Alan Sommerstein, University of Nottingham, UK) 3. Assessing the Character of Creon (Brad Levett, Memorial University, Canada) 4. Images and Effects of Incest in Sophocles Antigone (Sophie Mills, University of North Carolina at Ashville, USA) 5. The Two Sisters (Hanna Roisman, Colby College, USA) 6. Antigones Change of Heart (Ruth Scodel, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, USA) 7. Antigone and the Rights of the Earth (Rush Rehm, Stanford University, USA) 8. Revealing Divinity in Sophocles' Antigone (Stephen Esposito, Boston University, USA) 9. Religion in Antigone (Robert Garland, Colgate University, USA) 10. Euripides' Response to Sophocles' Antigone (Ioanna Karamanou, University of the Peloponnese, Greece) 11. The Voices of Antigone (Helene Foley, Columbia University, USA) 12. Antigone Enters the Modern World (Betine van Zyl Smit, University of Nottingham, UK) Sophocles' Antigone, translated by David Stuttard Bibliography Index