Viewing poverty as a condition that is fed and renewed on a daily basis by social and economic structures; this book focuses on the ways in which poor residents can be helped to improve their own situations; their living conditions; and the central city itself. Also includes four maps.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A translation that invigorates an ancient and obtuse playBy Michael BoyajianThe late Seamus Heaney takes an obtuse ancient Greek play and makes it into something readily understandable to modern readers as an indispensable part of the fragmented Trojan War saga.8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Power of Words in The Cure at TroyBy ShawntonsoupI saw the Cure at Troy at the American Players Theater in Spring Green; WI this September and fell in love. Ive been a Heaney fan for years and the power and deceptive simplicity of his poetry comes through in his re-write of Sophocles Philoctetes. I was so moved that I taught it instead of Julius Cesar in my 10th Grade English class. And Im so glad I did. Students were hit head-on by the language. Instantly inside the story; they then could live in the moral dilemma fully and really wrestle with the plights of the characters.The story of a man with justified; entrenched anger who will not budge from his stable; injured position speaks to adolescents as much as it speaks to the senators on Capitol Hill. So what to do? What to hope for? Seamus Heaney gives us poetry: words that can help us see beyond the walls of the present.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. well translated by HeaneyBy FrankThis lesser known play by Sophocles is well translated by Heaney; as can be expected. The tragic suffering at its center; as well as the questioning of what it means to take a moral stand---both to fail and gain a measure of success---are troubling. The play needs to be read closely and doesnt reveal itself as explictily as Sophocles other masterpieces.