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Title:
The theater of war : what ancient Greek tragedies can teach us today / Bryan Doerries.
Author:
Doerries, Bryan.
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Books, 2016.
Call Number:
PA3136 .D65 2016
Abstract:
This is the personal and deeply passionate story of a life devoted to reclaiming the timeless power of an ancient artistic tradition in order to comfort the afflicted. For years, theater director Bryan Doerries has led an innovative public health project that produces ancient tragedies for current and returned soldiers, addicts, tornado and hurricane survivors, and a wide range of other at-risk people in society. The Theater of War is a humane, knowledgeable, and accessible book that will both inspire and enlighten. Tracing a path that links the personal to the artistic to the social and back again, Doerries shows us how suffering and healing are part of a timeless process in which dialogue and empathy are inextricably linked.
ISBN:
9780307949721
Physical Description:
284 pages ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Prologue -- Learning through suffering -- PTSD is from BC -- American Ajax -- Prometheus in solitary -- Heracles in hospice -- Epilogue.
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