The gentle, jealous god reading Euripides' Bacchae in English Simon Perris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perris, Simon, 1979- author.

Series:

Bloomsbury studies in classical reception.

Bloomsbury studies in classical reception

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Euripides. Bacchae.

Euripides.

Euripides--Translations--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury Academic 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Euripides' Bacchae is the magnum opus of the ancient world's most popular dramatist and the most modern, perhaps postmodern, of Greek tragedies. Twentieth-century poets and playwrights have often turned their hand to Bacchae, leaving the play with an especially rich and varied translation history. It has also been subjected to several fashions of criticism and interpretation over the years, all reflected in, influencing, and influenced by translation. The Gentle, Jealous God introduces the play and surveys its wider reception; examines a selection of English translations from the early 20th century to the early 21st, setting them in their social, intellectual, and cultural context; and argues, finally, that Dionysus and Bacchae remain potent cultural symbols even now. Simon Perris presents a fascinating cultural history of one of world theatre's landmark classics. He explores the reception of Dionysus, Bacchae, and the classical ideal in a violent and turmoil-ridden era. And he demonstrates by example that translation matters, or should matter, to readers, writers, actors, directors, students, and scholars of ancient drama

Contents:

Reading Bacchae, reading Dionysus

Rated R: adaptation, violence, revolution

Dionysus, lord and saviour: Gilbert Murray, the Bacchae of Euripides

Nothing to do with modernism?: H.D., "choros translations from the Bacchae"

Dionysus in Ireland: Derek Mahon, the Bacchae: after Euripides

East and west: Colin Teevan, Euripides: Bacchai

These go to eleven: David Greig, Euripides: the Bacchae

Epilogue: Robin Robertson, Euripides: Bacchae & Anne Carson, Euripides: Bakkhai

Acknowledgements

Note on Abbreviations, Texts and Translations

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Introduction

1. Reading Bacchae, Reading Dionysus

2. Rated R: Adaptation, Violence, Revolution

3. Dionysus, Lord and Saviour: Gilbert Murray, The Bacchae of Euripides (1902)

4. Nothing to Do with Modernism? H.D., 'Choros Translations from The Bacchae' (1931)

5. Dionysus in Ireland: Derek Mahon, The Bacchae: after Euripides (1991)

6. East and West: Colin Teevan, Euripides: Bacchai (2002)

7. These Go to Eleven: David Greig, Euripides: The Bacchae (2007)

8. Epilogue: Robin Robertson, Euripides: Bacchae (2014) & Anne Carson, Euripides: Bakkhai (2015)

Conclusions

Appendix: Translations of Euripides' Bacchae translated in English, 1781 - 2015

Glossary of Terms and Greek words

Notes

References

Index of Passages of Bacchae Cited or Discussed

Subject Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781474297592

1474297595

9781472511201

1472511204

9781472513014

1472513010

OCLC:

951854581