Unhinged Deep Dive Into The Secret History's Bacchanal

just started the video but your bookshelves are sooo cute!!!

This video plus @moeblackx 's recap of the whole book are so good. So happy it got recommended to me

this is so fascinating. i read and loved the secret history but this made me realize i didn’t actually, truly understand it.

oh i have BEEN looking for something like this

2 hours omg, she is the moment!

I am so blessed to find this ❤❤❤❤❤

quando eu finalmente ler the secret history (e descobrir o que é um bacchanal) juro que volto a este vídeo 🤞🤞

I read this book about a year or two ago and remember enjoying it. I started rereading it recently, but I have to say I don't seem to enjoy her writing style anymore. Everything seems a little too long winded for my taste and I'm not one to hate on long books (I enjoyed War and Peace f.e.). I'm stuck on page ~100 and don't really want't to go on, especially since my reading list is just crammed right now.
Anyway I bookmarked this video in case I ever decide to pick it up again (and finish it).
I will also send it to my girlfriend who actually did finish a reread recently.
Have a good day.

Wow that explains why donna tartt used this quote on the start of the book
"I enquire now as to the genesis of a philologist and assert the following:
1. A young man cannot possibly know what greeks and Romans are.
2. He does not know whether he is suited for finding out about them."
- Friedrich nietzsche

Love this video so much

Yes.... the Algorithm works in mysterious ways 👍😊💯
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My algorithm truly blessed me today

This is a masterpiece of explication. Better than most profs I had, plus entertaining af.

really interesting video! i absolutely love the secret history, since i feel like i discover something new every time i reread it, and this gave me some things to think about on my next reread!

I know our supreme leader Brittany would love this

Unhinged deep dives are the best! Yaaas!

She looks like she could use one 🤣 Maybe then she would be interesting to listen to. BORING. She's actually going to put people OFF of this AMAZING book

Can we please stop hyping this book up, it is not real literature. It is gimmicky and tacky. Please, people. Be crtitical and judgemental! It's ok to not be trendy! Read the classics, you will realize what real literature is truly about!!!

The background and history of the bacchanal/bacchanalia has definitely shed a light on themes in The Secret History for me. I'm looking forward to taking this information into a reread of the book. Thank you for creating this video and sharing all this brilliant knowledge.

I don't like this book, but I like your video 🚬

"he's a roman man pretending to be greek" not many things would get to him but THIS. this would

Super interesting video! A great insight into the deeper layers of this grand piece!

PS: Vienna does not speak Dutch but German ;) (Capital City of Austria)

as a greek student who just read this book because according to my mom "It's about classics! You'll love it!" I have to say that a) I have held a bacchanal (Yes, it was a bad idea.) and b) My final assignment for one of my classics classes was to go out to the middle of the woods without any technology and drink in the pureness of nature. (Though the aim of that was expressly the opposite of the bacchanal; we were supposed to mediate on the nature of our own futility as mortals.) I think its just like that to be at a weird college with a mini cult around your greek professor.

Can you give some examples of where Richard lies?? I’m having a tough time spotting the small details

Personally, I like the time it was written, it’s not like today’s writing where we workshop, cull and re-edit, there is A LOT of descriptive words in this book, but it’s such a reflection of the times late 80’s early 90’s of writing

Richard is a loser

Omg this is what I've been waiting for let's gooo🧚‍♀️👭

I love your take on this video! But I don't think Henry was 100% heterosexual. Throughout the first book, I always felt like the relationship between Henry and Bunny was more than just friendship. It is mentioned that they used to live together- but then, for some reason, Henry decided to move out. Although Henry had little care for anyone other than himself, he kept spoiling bunny for years- buying him all the expensive stuff he wants, and never refusing him. Also, after their trip to Rome, when they have an argument, Bunny falls asleep in Henry's bed afterwards and Richard mentiones hearing cries during the argument. I also believe that there was an affair between Julian and Henry- it is mentioned several times Henry is Julian's favorite and their relationship seemingly extends over the student-teacher/mentor dynamic. It is possible that Julian was grooming Henry the whole time and implementing his ideas onto him simultaneously. Maybe, at that time, Henry was having an on-and-off thing with Bunny and also in an intimate relationship with Julian and maybe Bunny found out about it, and threathened to tell on them out of jealousy which would result in Julian getting fired and Henry losing the person he lovss the most. I always felt like, even if Bunny ratted on them about the farmer, there was no evidence that would get them arrested and even if there was, Henry was perfectly capable of getting himself out of it. Which brings me to my theory that Henry had another reason to kill Bunny which we were not aware of, and he is likely to have plotted the first murder just to have a reason to kill Bunny.

Just found this video and channel. Instantly subscribed.

Die-oh-nye-sis

The book was compelling to read and I found the prose to be of a high quality. Nevertheless, it’s no different in my opinion to a Dan Brown novel. The references to high culture might create a veneer of profoundness, but the complexity of the themes are nowhere near as deep as ‘one flew over the cuckoos nest’, ‘brothers karmazov’, or ‘infinite jest’. I personally would give the book a 3.3/5. I love literature and appreciate your review, but it would be an insult to literature to suggest this has deep literary merit

had to look up what bacchanal meant for this one 😞(definition is " a wild, drunken celebration" in case somebody also doesn´t know)

Thanks for the video, it was very interesting!

Why is every damb book about a murder?