Donna Tartt's The Secret History: A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries)
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very helpful indeed
I was really surprised and happy to find a reader's guide to my favourite book. I definitely think The Secret History demands deeper scholastic understanding, and I found Tracy Hargreaves' analysis really interesting. She offers insight into the importance of the Dionysian bacchanal, the core of the novel, which I didn't know anything about before. I have since read Euripides' 'Bacchae', which Hargreaves reccommends for a better understanding of Henry and co's frenzy. I think it is brilliant that The Secret History is beginning to be looked at as a modern classic. Well done Tracy Hargeaves and thank you for your insights.
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