1st American Edition/1st Printing. DJ rubbed with one tiny closed tear. DJ is clipped at bottom front corner of flap but $6.95 price is present on top corner. SIGNED by author on a bookplate affixed to front end page (signature only). Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Bacchae of Euripides : A Communion Rite

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1974

Language

English

ISBN 10

0393043967

ISBN 13

9780393043969

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Signed

Signed by Author

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Wole Soyinka, one of Africa's foremost writers, won the Nobel Prize in 1986 and is the author of Death and the King's Horseman, among other works.

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I am not a professional bookseller. I am disposing my personal library of signed first editions and autographs, collected as a hobby over the past 58 years.

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