The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite
Language: English
Published by Eyre Methuen, U.K., 1973
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
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Wear and some fading to covers, owner's name to inside covers, tanning to page edges otherwise pages clean and binding sound.
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- Title
- The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite
- Author
- Soyinka, Wole
- Publisher
- Eyre Methuen, U.K.
- Publication year
- 1973
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0413300307
- ISBN 13
- 9780413300300
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 4 ¾ x 7 ¼
- Seller catalogs
- Africa, History, Literature, Art, Culture. Politics, Society, Literature From the Caribbean
A wholly fresh interpretation of the timeless play by a Nobel Prize-winning author.
Wole Soyinka has translated―in both language and spirit―a great classic of ancient Greek theater. He does so with a poet's ear for the cadences and rhythms of chorus and solo verse as well as a commanding dramatic use of the central social and religious myth. In his hands The Bacchae becomes a communal feast, a tumultuous celebration of life, and a robust ritual of the human and social psyche. "The Bacchae is the rites of an extravagant banquet, a monstrous feast," Soyinka writes. "Man reaffirms his indebtedness to earth, dedicates himself to the demands of continuity, and invokes the energies of productivity. Reabsorbed within the communal psyche he provokes the resources of nature; in turn he is replenished for the cyclic rain in his fragile individual potency." The blending of two master playwrights―Euripides and Soyinka―makes for an unforgettable experience."Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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After selling new and second hand books in a brick and mortar establishment for 34 years I have now gone exclusively online. My specialty areas are the Caribbean and books by and about people of the African Diaspora. I also stock antique prints and rare and hard to find books in other subject areas. My aim is always to please the customer, connecting them to elusive, hard-to-find titles is always a source of great satisfaction. In short, I love doing what I do.
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