Anne (TRN) Carson

Hegel writes in his Aesthetics The Antigone is one of the most sublime and in every respect most excellent works of art of all time. Simone Weil writes in a notebook: Great literary works: veils drawn in front of truth, but transparent veils. Electra. Antigone. Antigone also doubts Here is Sophokles sublime tragedy, unveiled in ecstatic English at once playful and serious and freshly penned in Anne Carson s rendition. Chorus: But of course there is hope look here comes hope wandering in to tickle your feet"