Ariadne's LivesBy taking an unconventional view of the well-known myth of Theseus, Ariadne, and the Minotaur on Crete, Ariadne's Lives breaks new ground and will cause some controversy. None of the much-heralded myth study coming out of French and American structuralism and psychoanalysis has focused attention on Ariadne's story. Indeed, relatively little work has been done on the Cretan myth cycle as a whole, a mixture of heroic Greek legend and savage, pre-Greek elements generally considered to be antithetical to evolved literary languages. As a result, although Ariadne has been extremely important in Western art from the time of ancient Greece through the nineteenth century, she is rarely included in studies of Greek myth. Like many other Eastern goddesses, Ariadne fell victim to the collision between pre-Greek and Greek cultures and virtually disappeared. |
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Page 55
... completely into gothic mythology . After Zenobia is car- ried home , " three or four withered women " straight out of the macabre minister to her mutilated body , " taking counsel of one another's experi- ence what was to be done ...
... completely into gothic mythology . After Zenobia is car- ried home , " three or four withered women " straight out of the macabre minister to her mutilated body , " taking counsel of one another's experi- ence what was to be done ...
Page 93
... completely the true meaning of the ethical life ( sittliches Wesen ) . As Gerhard Joseph points out , 25 to a modern sensibility Antigone's most chilling lines declare her fidelity to brother over husband because brothers , unlike ...
... completely the true meaning of the ethical life ( sittliches Wesen ) . As Gerhard Joseph points out , 25 to a modern sensibility Antigone's most chilling lines declare her fidelity to brother over husband because brothers , unlike ...
Page 113
... completely either to myth or to cultural fathers . A more active heroine suiting the novel's origi- nal manuscript30 might have resembled Ariadne more than Victorian audi- ences would have tolerated . Still , murder remains a brutal ...
... completely either to myth or to cultural fathers . A more active heroine suiting the novel's origi- nal manuscript30 might have resembled Ariadne more than Victorian audi- ences would have tolerated . Still , murder remains a brutal ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Plain Janes Revolution | 26 |
Hawthorne the Romancer | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Comparative Criticism: Volume 18, Spaces: Cities, Gardens and Wildernesses E. S. Shaffer Limited preview - 1996 |