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.

The Eating of the Gods

Literature & Fiction

Jan Kott

Ancient & Medieval Literature

EYRE METHUEN

Shakespeare: Our Contemporary

Dramas & Plays

Routledge

Shakespeare Our Contemporary

Methuen young books

Przyczynek do biografii

Aneks

<p>Book by Ewa Kuryluk, Jan Kott, Edmund White, Elzbieta Grabska</p>

The Fabric of Memory: Ewa Kuryluk, Cloth Works, 1978-1987

Edmund White

Ewa Kuryluk

Elzbieta Grabska

Formations

The Eating of the Gods: An Interpretation of Greek Tragedy

[Translated by Boleslaw Taborski and Edward J. Czerwinski] [Directed by Claire Bloom] [Read by Stefan Rudnicki] A provocative study of the Greek tragedy 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. Whether reflecting on Prometheus or drawing a modern parallel in Beckett's Happy Days (''the final version of the Prometheus myth''), Kott's vision is brilliant, his method innovative, and his sensibility consistently new. Since this book first appeared, Kott's connection between ancient and modern have become even more compelling in their immediacy.

History & Criticism

Skyboat Media and Blackstone Audio

Shakespeare, Our Contemporary is a provocative, original study of the major plays of Shakespeare. More than that, it is one of the few critical works to have strongly influenced theatrical productions. Peter Brook and Charles Marowitz are among the many directors who have acknowledged their debt to Jan Kott, finding in his analogies between Shakespearean situations and those in modern life and drama the seeds of vital new stage conceptions. Shakespeare, Our Contemporary has been translated into nineteen languages since it appeared in 1961, and readers all over the world have similarly found their responses to Shakespeare broadened and enriched.  

Shakespeare, Our Contemporary

Shakespeare, Our Contemporary is a provocative, original study of the major plays of Shakespeare. More than that, it is one of the few critical works to have strongly influenced theatrical productions. Peter Brook and Charles Marowitz are among the many directors who have acknowledged their debt to Jan Kott, finding in his analogies between Shakespearean situations and those in modern life and drama the seeds of vital new stage conceptions. Shakespeare, Our Contemporary has been translated into nineteen languages since it appeared in 1961, and readers all over the world have similarly found their responses to Shakespeare broadened and enriched.

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