Verse adaptation by Seamus Heaney of Sophocles' play Philoctetes
The Cure at Troy
Frontispiece from the Farrar, Straus and Giroux first American edition.
Author
Seamus Heaney
Language
English
Set in
Homeric Age
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Publication date
1990
Media type
Print
Pages
96
ISBN
0374522898
Preceded by
The Haw Lantern
Followed by
Seeing Things
The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes is a verse adaptation by Seamus Heaney of Sophocles' play Philoctetes. It was first published in 1991.[1] The story comes from one of the myths relating to the Trojan War. It is dedicated in memory of poet and translator Robert Fitzgerald.[2]
^Brendan Corcoran, "'Stalled in the Pre-articulate': Heaney, Poetry, and War," in The Oxford Handbook of British and Irish War Poetry (Oxford University Press, 2007), p. 697.
^Heaney, Seamus (1990). The Cure at Troy. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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