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Overview
Anne Carson writes, "Euripides was a playwright of the fifth century BC who reinvented Greek tragedy, setting it on a path that leads straight to reality TV. His plays broke all the rules, upended convention and outraged conservative critics. The Bakkhai is his most subversive play, telling the story of a man who cannot admit he would rather live in the skin of a woman, and a god who seems to combine all sexualities into a single ruinous demand for adoration. Dionysos is the god of intoxication. Once you fall under his influence, there is no telling where you will end up."
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- ISBN-13: 9780811227100
- ISBN-10: 0811227103
- Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Publish Date: December 2017
- Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.55 pounds
- Page Count: 96
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