{"product_id":"the-bacchae-of-euripides-9780374522063","title":"The Bacchae of Euripides","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning poet C.K. Williams presents this fluent and accessible version of the Athenian playwright Euripides's great tragedy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the Greek myth of the god Dionysus's punishment of King Pentheus and his mother Agave, Williams' \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae of Euripides\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique interpretation of one of the most celebrated plays in the history of dramatic theater. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an Introduction by Martha Nussbaum, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. K. Williams \u003c\/b\u003e(1936-2015) published twenty-two books of poetry including, \u003ci\u003eFlesh and Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; \u003ci\u003eRepair\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry; and \u003ci\u003eThe Singing\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award. Williams was awarded the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2005. He wrote a critical study, \u003ci\u003eOn Whitman\u003c\/i\u003e; a memoir, \u003ci\u003eMisgivings\u003c\/i\u003e; and two books of essays, \u003ci\u003ePoetry and Consciousness \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIn Time: Poets, Poems, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand the Rest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514077647122,"sku":"9780374522063","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3734d4cf-0e59-423a-b129-d60129d7cb28.jpg?v=1730972627","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bacchae-of-euripides-9780374522063","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}