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Antigone

Antigone is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles.The tragedy relates the story of the daughter of Oedipus who defies the orders of Creon, the king of Thebes, by burying her brother, Polynices.  She is sentenced to death, which leads to the suicide of Creon’s wife and daughter.

 LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

• Sophocles
• Sophocles Criticism and Interpretation
• Antigone

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PA3626
• PA4413 – PA4417

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Bloom, Harold (ed.).  Sophocles. 1990.  Call Number:  PA4417 .S69
• Nardo, Don (ed.). Readings on Antigone. 1999.  Call Number:  PA4413 .A7 R44 1999
• Nardo, Don (ed.). Readings on Sophocles. 1997.  Call Number:  PA4417 .R38 1997
• Segal, Charles. Sophocles' Tragic World : Divinity, Nature, Society. 1995.  Call Number:  PA4417 .S46 1995
• Sophocles. Sophokles: The Complete Plays. 2000.  Call Number:  PA4414 .A1 M84 2000

 Reference Materials

• Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism – Call Number:  REF PA3003 .C56

                  o        Vol. 2, pg. 289, 296, 299-301, 303-27, 331, 334-35, 338-40, 342-43, 345, 349-55, 360, 366, 368, 377-78, 380-83, 393-97, 417-19,

                             423,  426-28

                  o        Vol. 47, pg. 272-73, 275-78, 286-87, 337, 341, 346-52, 356

                  o        Vol. 51, Pg. 287-304, 313

• Critical Survey of Drama, Second Revised Edition. – Call Number:  PN1625 .C68 2003 

                  o        Vol. 6, pg. 3164-65    

• Drama for Students – Call Number:  REF PN1601 .D595 1998

                  o        Vol. 1, Pg. 1-19

• Drama Criticism – Call Number:  REF PN1625 .D72

                  o        Vol. 1, pg. 414-15, 417, 422-26, 431, 433, 435-42, 460

• Literature and Its Times - Call Number: PN50 .L574 1997

                  o        Vol. 1, pg. 14-21

• Masterplots, 2^nd Revised Ed. – Call Number:  REF PN44 .M33 1996

                  o         Vol. 1, Pg. 295-297                                              

 Research Databases

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• Academic Search Complete
• Literature Resources from Gale   
• OmniFile Full Text Mega

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.