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. The series seeks to recover the entire extant corpus of Greek tragedy, quite as though the ancient tragedians wrote in the English of our own time. Under the editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro, each of these volumes includes a critical introduction, commentary on the text, full stage directions, and a glossary of the mythical and geographical references in the plays. This finely-tuned translation of Sophocles' Antigone by Richard Emil Braun, both a distinguished poet and a professional scholar-critic, offers, in lean, sinewy verse and lyrics of unusual intensity, an interpretation informed by exemplary scholarship and critical insight. Braun presents an Antigone not marred by excessive sentimentality or pietistic attitudes. His translation underscores the extraordinary structural symmetry and beauty of Sophocles' design by focusing on the balanced and harmonious view of tragically opposed wills that makes the play so moving. Unlike the traditionally gentle and pious protagonist opposed to a brutal and villainous Creon, Braun's Antigone emerges as a true Sophoclean heroine--with all the harshness and even hubris, as well as pathos and beauty, that Sophoclean heroism requires. Braun also reveals a Creon as stubbornly "principled" as Antigone, instead of simply the arrogant tyrant of conventional interpretations.
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. The series seeks to recover the entire extant corpus of Greek tragedy, quite as though the ancient tragedians wrote in the English of our own time. Under the editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro, each of these volumes includes a critical introduction, commentary on the text, full stage directions, and a glossary of the mythical and geographical references in the plays. This finely-tuned translation of Sophocles' Antigone by Richard Emil Braun, both a distinguished poet and a professional scholar-critic, offers, in lean, sinewy verse and lyrics of unusual intensity, an interpretation informed by exemplary scholarship and critical insight. Braun presents an Antigone not marred by excessive sentimentality or pietistic attitudes. His translation underscores the extraordinary structural symmetry and beauty of Sophocles' design by focusing on the balanced and harmonious view of tragically opposed wills that makes the play so moving. Unlike the traditionally gentle and pious protagonist opposed to a brutal and villainous Creon, Braun's Antigone emerges as a true Sophoclean heroine--with all the harshness and even hubris, as well as pathos and beauty, that Sophoclean heroism requires. Braun also reveals a Creon as stubbornly "principled" as Antigone, instead of simply the arrogant tyrant of conventional interpretations.
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Classical translation and modern verse intersect in the scholarly literary work of classicist and poet Richard Emil Braun. Best known for his evocative translations of ancient Greek tragedy, including Sophocles' Antigone, Braun brought classic plays into clear, resonant English while simultaneously building a distinct body of original poetry over four decades.
Richard Emil Braun was born in 1934 and established a distinguished career as a classicist, poet, and translator. He served for many years as Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, balancing the academic study of ancient literature with active creative writing. His early published collections of poetry included Companions to Your Doom in 1961 and Children Passing in 1962, followed by Bad Land in 1970 and The Foreclosure in 1972. Alongside his verse, Braun devoted significant scholarly effort to translating major classical texts, publishing translations of Persius' Satires, Sophocles' Antigone, and Euripides' Rhesos.
As both a classicist and a contemporary poet, Braun's writing bridges classical formal elegance and twentieth-century modernist sensibilities. His original poetry collections, such as Last Man In (1990) and The Snow Man Is No One (2001), demonstrate a refined command of rhythm, narrative voice, and philosophical introspection. His translation work is characterized by dramatic clarity and fidelity to the poetic structure of original ancient Greek and Latin texts, rendering ancient tragic and satirical voices accessible and vibrant for modern readers and performance stages.
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Classical translation and modern verse intersect in the scholarly literary work of classicist and poet Richard Emil Braun. Best known for his evocative translations of ancient Greek tragedy, including Sophocles' Antigone, Braun brought classic plays into clear, resonant English while simultaneously building a distinct body of original poetry over four decades.
Richard Emil Braun was born in 1934 and established a distinguished career as a classicist, poet, and translator. He served for many years as Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, balancing the academic study of ancient literature with active creative writing. His early published collections of poetry included Companions to Your Doom in 1961 and Children Passing in 1962, followed by Bad Land in 1970 and The Foreclosure in 1972. Alongside his verse, Braun devoted significant scholarly effort to translating major classical texts, publishing translations of Persius' Satires, Sophocles' Antigone, and Euripides' Rhesos.
As both a classicist and a contemporary poet, Braun's writing bridges classical formal elegance and twentieth-century modernist sensibilities. His original poetry collections, such as Last Man In (1990) and The Snow Man Is No One (2001), demonstrate a refined command of rhythm, narrative voice, and philosophical introspection. His translation work is characterized by dramatic clarity and fidelity to the poetic structure of original ancient Greek and Latin texts, rendering ancient tragic and satirical voices accessible and vibrant for modern readers and performance stages.
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