The Gentle, Jealous God Reading Euripides' Bacchae in English (Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception) by SimonPerris Paperback, 254 Pages, Published 2018 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-350-06685-4, ISBN: 1-350-06685-0
"Euripides' Bacchae is the magnum opus of the ancient world's most popular dramatist and the most modern, perhaps postmodern, of Greek tragedies. Twentieth-century poets and playwrights have often turned their hand to Bacchae, leaving the play with an especially rich and varied translation history. It has also been subjected to several fashions of criticism and interpretation over the years, all reflected in, influencing, and influenced ..."
The Gentle, Jealous God Reading Euripides' Bacchae in English (Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception) by SimonPerris Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-1353-3, ISBN: 1-4725-1353-3
"Euripides' "Bacchae" is the magnum opus of the ancient world's most popular dramatist and the most modern, perhaps postmodern, of Greek tragedies. Twentieth-century poets and playwrights have often turned their hand to "Bacchae," leaving the play with an especially rich and varied translation history. It has also been subjected to several fashions of criticism and interpretation over the years, all reflected in, influencing, and influen ..."
"What do ancient Greece and Rome have to do with New Zealand? More than you might think. Athens to Aotearoa collects essays from some of New Zealand’s most important artistic and critical voices reflecting on their engagement with Greece and Rome and taking aim at New Zealand’s ongoing, sometimes fraught, and always complicated take on its classical heritage. Athens to Aotearoa is an illuminating and provocative collection for any reader ..."
"49 Grose et al. (2005) 74. 50 Grose et al. (2005) 76. 51 Grose et al. (2005) 84. 52
Grose et al. (2005) 74. 53 Grose et al. (2005) 75. 54 Grose et al. (2005) 70: in the
original performance, the three chorus-members, who don tutus before the
opening scene, were men. 55 Grose et al. (2005) 115. 56 Carl Grose in Grose et
al. (2005) 65. 57 See Hardwick (2007) 91–3 on Greig's Oedipus. 58 Greig (2005)
6, 2. See Sierz (2001) on 'In-Yer-F ..."
The Gentle, Jealous God Reading Euripides' Bacchae in English by SimonPerris 256 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-1120-1, ISBN: 1-4725-1120-4
"Carson,. Euripides: Bakkhai. (2015). 'Conclusions' imply finality; 'epilogue'
implies afterthoughts. Both are on offer in these last pages, beginning with
afterthoughts on two recent Bacchae translations, one by prize-winning Scottish
poet Robin Robertson (2014) and one by acclaimed Canadian poet and
classicist Anne Carson (2015). 1 Robertson names his skopos outright: 'to
provide a text that can be read – and acted – easily: an En ..."