- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber; First Edition edition (21 Aug 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0571203337
- ISBN-13: 978-0571203338
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 12.6 x 0.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,042,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A brilliantly inventive rendering of Euripides' most harrowing tragedy. Euripides's Heracles is shocking and strange. It begins in defeat and despair, soars into triumph, wavers on a razor's edge of dramatic uncertainty, then plunges into carnage and horror of the darkest kind . . .
What is the greatest atrocity a man can commit? What do we mean by hero? Who can apportion blame to the workings of the human mind, and who has the power to forgive? These are questions thrown up by Euripides' Heracles and tackled unflinchingly by Simon Armitage in language that brings the play's contemporaneity sharply into focus, without diminishing its historical portent. Mister Heracles was commissioned by the West Yorkshire Playhouse. This volume includes a lengthy introduction by the author including a discussion of the translation process and commentary on the thinking behind the project.
About the Author
Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire and is Professor of Poetry at the University of Sheffield. A recipient of numerous prizes and awards, he has published ten collections of poetry, including Selected Poems (2001), Seeing Stars (2010), his acclaimed translation ofSir Gawain and the Green Knight (2007) and more recentlyThe Death of King Arthur (2012). A broadcaster and presenter, he also writes extensively for television and radio, is the author of two novels and the best-selling memoir All Points North. In 2010 he received the CBE for services to poetry.
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