I honestly don't know what the fuck I just read, but I enjoyed it immensely. I'll reread a few dozen times and write something coherent.
Well, okay, here's this. Pretty illustrated edition! I like pretty things.Here's an article about this translation. Note that Carson has apparently turned Antigone into "a suicide bomber."Compare with Seamus Heaney's translation, in which Creon turns into a dig on GW Bush. Antigone is a flexible pie...