Eating of the GodsNorthwestern University Press, 1987 - 334 Seiten 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. |
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The Vertical Axis or The Ambiguities of Prometheus | 3 |
Ajax Thrice Deceived or The Heroism of the Absurd | 43 |
The Veiled Alcestis | 78 |
But Where Now is Famous Heracles? | 109 |
The Eating of the Gods or The Bacchae | 186 |
Appendices | 231 |
Notes | 275 |
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