Dionysiac Poetics and Euripides' Bacchae, Expanded Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (942 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 069101597X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 440 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From Scientific American Well-written and well-documented, based on extensive reading and intensive study, the book reveals the Bacchae as a much more beautiful, more interesting, and more important play than has thus far been realized.
euripidesgirl said so many ideasso little time. Charles Segal is acknowledged as one of the foremost authorities on Euripides' Bacchae, and has written several billion other articles on this subject and other themes in Greek literature. So he knows a thing or two. Now this helps, as just about any idea that one has while reading the Bacchae can be found dissected and pondered over in this book. Segal brings together psychoanalytical theory, ritualistic (a la Seaford) theory, and many, many others. Howeverit takes a while to read and some parts take a while to digest. Overall, though, it is very comprehensive and a must for anyone contemplating
This volume presents the argument that the Dionysiac poetics of the play characterize a world view and an art form that can admit logical contradictions and hold them in suspension.. In his play Bacchae, Euripides chooses as his central figure the god who crosses the boundaries among god, man, and beast, between reality and imagination, and between art and madness. Charles Segal's reading of Euripides' Bacchae builds gradually from concrete details of cult, setting, and imagery to the work's implications for the nature of myth, language, and theater. In so doing, he explores what in tragedy is able to reach beyond the social, ritual, and historical context from which tragedy itself rises