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 117
... marriage to the life god as an affirmation of her self - possession . Let me sketch out these correspondences between mythic and naturalistic actions somewhat literally to highlight the play's design and Ibsen's intentions . Six months ...
... marriage to the life god as an affirmation of her self - possession . Let me sketch out these correspondences between mythic and naturalistic actions somewhat literally to highlight the play's design and Ibsen's intentions . Six months ...
Page 135
... Marriage proves the contrary : return proves stronger than ever and becoming resembles negation . Martha suspects that her marriage “ has more to do with her mother " than herself ( PM , 234 ) as she moves by evening like an automaton ...
... Marriage proves the contrary : return proves stronger than ever and becoming resembles negation . Martha suspects that her marriage “ has more to do with her mother " than herself ( PM , 234 ) as she moves by evening like an automaton ...
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... detests Hesse - all mean she must marry him . As in her first marriage , Martha again adopts a mirror image of her despised self in an unlovable double.19 The same moment returns , fostering an illusion of the 138 ARIADNE'S LIVES.
... detests Hesse - all mean she must marry him . As in her first marriage , Martha again adopts a mirror image of her despised self in an unlovable double.19 The same moment returns , fostering an illusion of the 138 ARIADNE'S LIVES.
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 |