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Euripides, Freud, and the Romance of Belonging
Victoria Pedrick
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Description for Euripides, Freud, and the Romance of Belonging
Hardback. Pedrick's fresh perspectives on both texts as well as on their relationship to each other shed new light on two foundational moments in the intellectual development of the West: Greek tragedy and Freudian psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Freud's interpretation of the ancient legend of Oedipus-as formulated in Sophocles' tragic drama-is among the most widely known concepts of psychoanalysis. Euripides' Ion, however, presents a more complex version of the development of personal identity. Here, the discovery of family origins is a process in which parent and child both take part as distinct agents driven by their own impulses of violence and desire. Euripides, Freud, and the Romance of Belonging studies the construction of identity and the origins of the primal trauma in two texts, the Ion and Freud's case history of the Wolf Man. Victoria Pedrick ... Read more
Freud's interpretation of the ancient legend of Oedipus-as formulated in Sophocles' tragic drama-is among the most widely known concepts of psychoanalysis. Euripides' Ion, however, presents a more complex version of the development of personal identity. Here, the discovery of family origins is a process in which parent and child both take part as distinct agents driven by their own impulses of violence and desire. Euripides, Freud, and the Romance of Belonging studies the construction of identity and the origins of the primal trauma in two texts, the Ion and Freud's case history of the Wolf Man. Victoria Pedrick ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801885945
SKU
V9780801885945
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About Victoria Pedrick
Victoria Pedrick is an associate professor of classics at Georgetown University.
Reviews for Euripides, Freud, and the Romance of Belonging
Deserves a wide readership... Highly recommended. Choice 2008 Elegant essays... The result is convincing and justifies further study. Book News 2008