| Eating of the Gods Contributor(s): Kott, Jan (Author), Taborski, Boleslaw (Translator), Czerwinski, Edward J. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0810107457 ISBN-13: 9780810107458 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry - Literary Criticism | Drama - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 882.010 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.58" W x 8.49" (1.05 lbs) 334 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Eating of the Gods the distinguished Polish critic Jan Kott reexamines Greek tragedy from the modern perspective. As in his earlier acclaimed Shakespeare Our Contemporary, Kott provides startling insights and intuitive leaps which link our world to that of the ancient Greeks. The title refers to the Bacchae of Euripides, that tragedy of lust, revenge, murder, and the joy of eating raw flesh which Kott finds paradigmatic in its violence and bloodshed. |