Euripides and Dionysus is a brilliant and influential study of the god of Greek drama and the one surviving tragedy, Euripides' Bacchae, in which he appears. The play has been intensively discussed by critics and very often staged, imitated and adapted in the years since Winnington-Ingram wrote this pioneering monograph, which is still cited as if it were a contemporary work of criticism. His interpretation, presented with great elegance, was composed at a time (just before the Second World War) when he was deeply troubled by what he had seen of fascism; it has special interest now for its place in the history of reception. P.E. Easterling's new Introduction sets the book in its original context and evaluates its reading of the Bacchae in light of more recent work on Greek religion and drama.
| ISBN: | 9781853995248 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1998 |
| Author: | R Winnington Ingram |
| Publisher: | Bristol Classical Press an imprint of Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 204 pages |
| Series: | Bcpaperbacks |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |
Euripides and Dionysus is a brilliant and influential study of the god of Greek drama and the one surviving tragedy, Euripides' Bacchae, in which he appears. The play has been intensively discussed by critics and very often staged, imitated and adapted in the years since Winnington-Ingram wrote this pioneering monograph, which is still cited as if it were a contemporary work of criticism. His interpretation, presented with great elegance, was composed at a time (just before the Second World War) when he was deeply troubled by what he had seen of fascism; it has special interest now for its place in the history of reception. P.E. Easterling's new Introduction sets the book in its original context and evaluates its reading of the Bacchae in light of more recent work on Greek religion and drama.
Euripides and Dionysus features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Euripides and Dionysus is available in Paperback
Euripides and Dionysus was written by R Winnington Ingram and published by Bristol Classical Press an imprint of Bloomsbury Academic
Euripides and Dionysus has 204 pages
Yes it is part of Bcpaperbacks series