The Eating of the Gods
An Interpretation of Greek Tragedy
Published on 30. June 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
334 pages
978-0-8101-0745-8 (ISBN)
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.
Reviews / Votes
He sights at Greek tragedy along the smoking chimneys of Auschwitz. . . . No 20th century [critic] could come closer to making Sophocles a contemporary." -Melvin Maddocks, TimeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Evanston
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
forms, transparencies
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8101-0745-8 (9780810107458)
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Persons
Jan Kott was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1914. In 1969 he left Poland for the United States. He received the 1985 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for The Theater of Essence (Northwestern University Press, 1984).