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sophocles
c. 496 – 406 b.c., greek
Electra and Other Plays
Edited and Translated by David Raeburn
Introduction and Notes by Pat Easterling
Of the more than one hundred plays
Sophocles wrote over the course of his
long life, only seven survive. Collected
here are four of them: Ajax, Electra, The
Women of Trachis, and Philoctetes—all
newly translated.
256 pp. 978-0-14-044978-5 $12.00
Electra and Other Plays
Translated with an Introduction by
E. F. Watling
These verse translations of four plays—
Ajax, Electra, The Women of Trachis, and
Philoctetes— exhibit the structure that set
the standard for most modern dramatic
works.
224 pp. 978-0-14-044028-7 $11.00
The Theban Plays
Translated with an Introduction by
E. F. Watling
Based on the legend of the royal house
of Thebes, King Oedipus, Oedipus at
Colonus, and Antigone are Sophocles’s
tragic masterpieces. This verse translation
is supplemented by E. F. Watling’s
Introduction, which places Sophocles in
historical context, discusses the origins of
the art of drama, and interprets each play
in the Theban legend.
168 pp. 978-0-14-044003-4 $12.00
The Three Theban Plays
Antigone, Oedipus the King,
Oedipus at Colonus
Translated by Robert Fagles with an
Introduction and Notes by Bernard Knox
Fagles’s lucid modern translation
captures the majesty of Sophocles’s
masterwork and is enhanced by insightful
Introductions to each play, an essay on
the history of the text, extensive notes,
bibliography, and glossary.
432 pp. 978-0-14-044425-4 $12.00
See The Portable Greek Reader.
NatsuMe so – seKI
1867 – 1916, Japanese
Kokoro
Translated with an Introduction and Notes
by Meredith McKinney
No collection of Japanese literature is
complete without Natsume So - seki’s
Kokoro, his most famous novel and
the last he completed before his death.
Published here in the first new translation
in fifty years, Kokoro—meaning “heart”—
is the story of a subtle and poignant
friendship between two unnamed
characters, a young man and an enigmatic
elder whom he calls “Sensei,” who slowly
opens up to his young disciple.
240 pp. 978-0-14-310603-6 $15.00
NatsuMe sōseKI
One of Japan’s most influential modern writers, Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916)
is widely considered the foremost novelist of the Meiji era (1868-1912). Born
Natsume Kinnosuke in Tokyo, he graduated from Tokyo University in 1893 and
then taught high school English. He went to England on a Japanese government
scholarship, and when he returned to Japan, he lectured on English literature
at Tokyo University. In 1908 he gave up teaching and became a full-time
writer. He wrote fourteen novels as well as haiku, academic papers, essays, and
autobiographical sketches. His work enjoyed wide popularity in his lifetime and
secured him a permanent place in Japanese literature.
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