Ecstasy and terror : from the Greeks to Game of thrones
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Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2019].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781681374055, 1681374056
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Central Library - Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level - Nonfiction
801.95 MENDELSOHN
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Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2019].
Language
English
ISBN
9781681374055, 1681374056

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"This collection of twenty-four essays exemplifies Daniel Mendelsohns wide-ranging critical interests in the Greek inheritance, film, literature, television, and the personal essay. As always his writing on these subjects is filtered through his training as a scholar of classical antiquity, in ways that are both surprising and illuminating. Some of the essays examine how we continue to look to the Greek past to understand even the most contemporary cultural issues (while often misinterpreting it), with discussions of subjects as diverse as The Bacchae, the Aeneid, the iconography of the Pantheon, Greek philosophy and gay rights, the poetry of C.P. Cavafy, and the myth of JFK. More modern topics include novels by Helen DeWitt and Karl Ove Knausgaard, Game of Thrones, and films about artificial intelligence. The collection also brings together for the first time a number of Mendelsohns personal essays, on subjects such as how todays emphasis on suffering and victimhood has created a crisis in the memoir genre and his boyhood correspondence with the historical novelist Mary Renault."-- Provided by goodreads.com.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mendelsohn, D. A., & Levin, A. (2019). Ecstasy and terror: from the Greeks to Game of thrones . New York Review Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, 1960- and Anna Levin. 2019. Ecstasy and Terror: From the Greeks to Game of Thrones. New York Review Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, 1960- and Anna Levin. Ecstasy and Terror: From the Greeks to Game of Thrones New York Review Books, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, and Anna Levin. Ecstasy and Terror: From the Greeks to Game of Thrones New York Review Books, 2019.

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