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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... labyrinth as the locus of passions displaced onto setting , atmosphere , and character doubles . The episode foreshadows Jane's later stance outside the labyrinth , so to speak , paradoxically by trap- ping her momentarily within its ...
... labyrinth as the locus of passions displaced onto setting , atmosphere , and character doubles . The episode foreshadows Jane's later stance outside the labyrinth , so to speak , paradoxically by trap- ping her momentarily within its ...
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... labyrinth and Naxos almost merge . By the novel's end , the cottage has become a shrine for townsfolk on pilgrimage to learn from Hester Prynne's model of penitence : the sinner becomes ethereal Madonna and holy mother , the labyrinth ...
... labyrinth and Naxos almost merge . By the novel's end , the cottage has become a shrine for townsfolk on pilgrimage to learn from Hester Prynne's model of penitence : the sinner becomes ethereal Madonna and holy mother , the labyrinth ...
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... labyrinth at the com- mand of Minos responding to an oracle ( sec . 3 ) . The myth ascribes a human mo- tive to these events while objectifying human perception and affect in the cata- clysmic genesis of the Minotaur . At the same time ...
... labyrinth at the com- mand of Minos responding to an oracle ( sec . 3 ) . The myth ascribes a human mo- tive to these events while objectifying human perception and affect in the cata- clysmic genesis of the Minotaur . At the same time ...
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 |