num_pages: 334
description: 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.
language: English
title: Eating of the Gods
titlecomplete: Eating of the Gods
genres: Criticism, Mythology, Philosophy, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction, Theatre
ratings_count: 120
publisher: Northwestern University Press