Ecstasy and Terror: From the Greeks to Game of Thrones

In this collection of essays, Daniel Mendelsohn *94 analyzes and comments on a range of issues through classical lens, finding a “Greek DNA” present in responses to modern traumas such as the Boston Marathon bombings and the assassination of JFK. Ecstasy and Terror (New York Review Books) consists of critical and personal essays and covers vast ground, from classical threads in modern TV to the role of the critic.