Reception. (April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bridges, Emma; Paul, Joanna
• Is Part Of: Greece & Rome. Volume 66:Number 1(2019)
• Page Start: 159
• Page End: 163
• Publication Date: 2019-04
• Subjects: Classical antiquities -- Periodicals; Classical philology -- Periodicals; Greek literature -- Periodicals; Latin literature -- Periodicals; Greece -- Periodicals; Rome -- Periodicals; 930
• DOI: 10.1017/S0017383518000402
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0017-3835

Abstract

Abstract : Newly available in paperback in 2018, Simon Perris' The Gentle, Jealous God. Reading Euripides' Bacchae in English, sets out to 'adumbrate a new cultural history for this classic play' (20). While, as the author points out, the Bacchae has received attention in recent years from reception scholars interested in its performance history – including Erika Fischer-Lichte's 2014 Dionysus Resurrected – less has been written on translated versions or adaptations which are intended primarily for reading rather than performance. Perris' work moves the conversation forward by examining in detail a series of case studies, while touching on many more examples in the course of his discussion.