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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... imagination . Persephone's descent into Hades is caused by " nothing more unnatural than extreme hunger for dried pomegranate seeds , " reminding the child of life with her mother Ceres . Even the rapacious Hades is motivated only by ...
... imagination . Persephone's descent into Hades is caused by " nothing more unnatural than extreme hunger for dried pomegranate seeds , " reminding the child of life with her mother Ceres . Even the rapacious Hades is motivated only by ...
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... imagination becomes agent of evil . Dimmesdale , the doctor of theology , shrinks in spirit ; Chilling- worth , doctor of physic , metamorphoses into " crookbacked leech . " On that spectrum of mind - as - humanity , these scientists of ...
... imagination becomes agent of evil . Dimmesdale , the doctor of theology , shrinks in spirit ; Chilling- worth , doctor of physic , metamorphoses into " crookbacked leech . " On that spectrum of mind - as - humanity , these scientists of ...
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... Imagination . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1977 . Kramer , Dale , ed . Critical Approaches to the Fiction of Thomas Hardy . Urbana : University of Illinois Press , 1979 . Kristeva , Julia . Desire in Language : A Semiotic ...
... Imagination . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1977 . Kramer , Dale , ed . Critical Approaches to the Fiction of Thomas Hardy . Urbana : University of Illinois Press , 1979 . Kristeva , Julia . Desire in Language : A Semiotic ...
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 |