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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... mind . " The child Pearl in The Scarlet Letter em- bodies the faculty as untaught " fancy " ; Hester Prynne , its empathetic as- pect in civilization , as the essence of love ; and Mistress Hibbins as its demonical deformations . All ...
... mind . " The child Pearl in The Scarlet Letter em- bodies the faculty as untaught " fancy " ; Hester Prynne , its empathetic as- pect in civilization , as the essence of love ; and Mistress Hibbins as its demonical deformations . All ...
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... mind . The forest paths she travels while delivering her needlework become reflections in nature of her journeys through consciousness , for instance , to the extent the forest symbolizes the unselfconscious Pearl . One test of this ...
... mind . The forest paths she travels while delivering her needlework become reflections in nature of her journeys through consciousness , for instance , to the extent the forest symbolizes the unselfconscious Pearl . One test of this ...
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... mind " like a lighthouse " remains watchful that she , " the free spirit , should not be implicated " ( PM , 127 ) . Martha's mind - body split , along with fear that she will be engulfed by the body — an alien thing belonging to male ...
... mind " like a lighthouse " remains watchful that she , " the free spirit , should not be implicated " ( PM , 127 ) . Martha's mind - body split , along with fear that she will be engulfed by the body — an alien thing belonging to male ...
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 |