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OverviewBacchae is one of the most troubling yet intriguing of Greek tragedies. Written during Euripides’ self-imposed exile in Macedonia, it tells of the brutal murder and dismemberment of Pentheus by his mother and aunts who, driven temporarily insane, have joined the Bacchae (devotees of the god Dionysus, or Bacchus). The startling plot, driven by Dionysus' desire to punish his family for refusing to accept his divinity, and culminating in the excruciating pathos of a mother’s realization that she has killed her son, has held audiences transfixed since its original performance (when it won first prize). It is one of the most performed and studied plays in the Greek tragic corpus, with a strong history of reception down to the present day. This collection of essays by eminent academics gathered from across the globe explores the themes, staging and reception of the play, with essays on the characters Dionysus and Pentheus, the role of the chorus of Bacchae, key themes such as revenge, women and religion, and the historical and literary contexts of the play. The essays are accompanied by David Stuttard's English translation which is performer-friendly, accessible and closely accurate to the original. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Stuttard (Independent Scholar, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.435kg ISBN: 9781474221481ISBN 10: 1474221483 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 25 February 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of contributors Acknowledgements Preface Introduction - Bacchae in Context (David Stuttard) 1. Perspectives on the Impact of Bacchae in its Original Performance, Edith Hall (King's College London, UK) 2. Bacchae and Earlier Tragedy, Alan H. Sommerstein (University of Nottingham, UK) 3. Family Reunion or Household Disaster? Exploring Plot-Diversity in Euripides' Last Production, Ioanna Karamanou (University of the Peloponnese, Greece) 4. Staging in Bacchae, Rosie Wyles (University of Kent, UK) 5. Looking at the Bacchae in Bacchae, Chris Carey (University College London,UK) 6. Mysteries and Politics in Bacchae, Richard Seaford (University of Exeter, UK) 7. 'A Big Laugh': Horrid Laughter in Euripides' Bacchae, James Morwood (University of Oxford, UK) 8. New Religion and Old in Euripides' Bacchae, David Kovacs (University of Virginia, USA) 9. Paradoxes and Themes in Bacchae, Alex Garvie (University of Glasgow, UK) 10. Euripides' Bacchae - a Revenge Play, Hanna Roisman (Colby College, USA) 11. The Grandsons of Cadmus, Sophie Mills (University of North Carolina, USA) 12. Bacchae in the Modern World, Betine van Zyl Smit (University of Nottingham, UK) Euripides' Bacchae, translated by David Stuttard Bibliography IndexReviewsJust like the poor character of Pentheus, this volume really tears Euripides' Bacchae apart and offers up a series of fascinating angles, ideas and themes for inspection from some of the finest scholars currently working on Greek tragedy, ably ring-mastered by Stuttard, who tops the volume with his own lively and pulsating translation of one of Euripides' most disturbing plays Michael Scott, Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick, UK The essays ... [in this collection are] written in an accessible style that makes the volume useful and stimulating for a wide range of readers. Classics For All Reviews Founder of the UK-based theater company Actors of Dionysus and prolific scholar/translator/adapter of ancient Greek drama, Stuttard here offers his third title in a sequence devoted to classical Athenian plays. Following the same format as its predecessors (Looking at Medea, 2014, and Looking at Lysistrata, 2010), the collection comprises an introduction by Stuttard, brief essays (in this case 12) by leading scholars of Attic drama, and Stuttard's own translation/adaption of the play. The scholarship is up-to-date and timely in terms of theme. The essays examine performance context, earlier Dionysiac dramas, family and household in Euripides's last trilogy, staging the play, the chorus, the play's engagement of mystery cult and perverse comedy, the paradox of an ancient cult presented as new, paradoxes in the thematic matrix of the tragedy, the revenge plot, the shared characteristics of Cadmus's grandsons Bacchus and Pentheus, and the politics of famous modern adaptations of the play mounted in New York, London, Berlin, and Cape Town. Stuttard's own version of the play rounds out the volume and highlights the lyricism of the chorus. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. CHOICE Founder of the UK-based theater company Actors of Dionysus and prolific scholar/translator/adapter of ancient Greek drama, Stuttard here offers his third title in a sequence devoted to classical Athenian plays. Following the same format as its predecessors (Looking at Medea, 2014, and Looking at Lysistrata, 2010), the collection comprises an introduction by Stuttard, brief essays (in this case 12) by leading scholars of Attic drama, and Stuttard's own translation/adaption of the play. The scholarship is up-to-date and timely in terms of theme. The essays examine performance context, earlier Dionysiac dramas, family and household in Euripides's last trilogy, staging the play, the chorus, the play's engagement of mystery cult and perverse comedy, the paradox of an ancient cult presented as new, paradoxes in the thematic matrix of the tragedy, the revenge plot, the shared characteristics of Cadmus's grandsons Bacchus and Pentheus, and the politics of famous modern adaptations of the play mounted in New York, London, Berlin, and Cape Town. Stuttard's own version of the play rounds out the volume and highlights the lyricism of the chorus. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. CHOICE Author InformationDavid Stuttard has directed his own translations and adaptations of Greek drama including Bacchae throughout the UK and in classical theatres in Turkey and Albania. He is the founder of the theatre company Actors of Dionysus and has edited Looking at Lysistrata (2010) and Looking at Medea (2014) for Bloomsbury. His other publications include Parthenon: Power and Politics on the Acropolis (2013) and A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives (2014). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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