Orpheus and Eurydice in Myth, History, and...

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This fascinating study shows how the minor Greek story of Orpheus and Eurydice came to have a more persistent and varied impact on Western culture than any other Greek myth. In the last two thousand years, it has captivated the imagination of successive ages.

Über den Autor

Terence Dawson is an independent scholar, following a career teaching English and European literature at universities in Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Singapore.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part 1: Orpheus, or Impossible Longing 1. The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as Moral Philosophy: Virgil's Epyllion 2. The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as Psychological Process: Ovid's 'Song of Orpheus' 3. The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Classical Philosophy, and Christian Allegory: Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages 4. The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and the Exploration of Love: The Renaissance and Early Baroque 5. The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and Social, Personal, and Political Concerns: The Late Baroque and the Age of Sensibility 6. Romantic Identification with Orpheus: The Nineteenth Century Part 2: Eurydice, or Unbearable Loss 7. Orpheus and Eurydice, Dissociative Tendencies, and Self-Transformation: Early Twentieth-Century Modernism 8. Orpheus and Eurydice, Dysfunctional Times, and the Need to Testify: The Second World War 9. Orpheus as Embodiment of the Creative Impulse: The 1950s 10. Orpheus Trapped Inside a Tragic Myth: 1960 to 1995 11. Orpheus and Eurydice, Confronting Reality and Self-Awareness: 1995 to 2020

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Psychologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9781032857305
ISBN-10:	1032857307
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Dawson, Terence
Hersteller:	Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstr. 24, D-80331 München, gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com
Maße:	234 x 156 x 11 mm
Von/Mit:	Terence Dawson
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.02.2025
Gewicht:	0,324 kg