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Looking at Bacchae (Hardcover)
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Looking at Bacchae (Hardcover)
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Bacchae is one of the most troubling yet intriguing of Greek
tragedies. Written during Euripides' self-imposed exile in
Macedonia, it tells of the brutal murder and dismemberment of
Pentheus by his mother and aunts who, driven temporarily insane,
have joined the Bacchae (devotees of the god Dionysus, or Bacchus).
The startling plot, driven by Dionysus' desire to punish his family
for refusing to accept his divinity, and culminating in the
excruciating pathos of a mother's realization that she has killed
her son, has held audiences transfixed since its original
performance (when it won first prize). It is one of the most
performed and studied plays in the Greek tragic corpus, with a
strong history of reception down to the present day. This
collection of essays by eminent academics gathered from across the
globe explores the themes, staging and reception of the play, with
essays on the characters Dionysus and Pentheus, the role of the
chorus of Bacchae, key themes such as revenge, women and religion,
and the historical and literary contexts of the play. The essays
are accompanied by David Stuttard's English translation which is
performer-friendly, accessible and closely accurate to the
original.
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