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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... remains only one dimension of a work created in a period fascinated by human complexity rather than by its dis- crete functional aspects . Nor have I attempted to deal with the entire Cretan cycle by placing Ariadne in relation to its ...
... remains only one dimension of a work created in a period fascinated by human complexity rather than by its dis- crete functional aspects . Nor have I attempted to deal with the entire Cretan cycle by placing Ariadne in relation to its ...
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... remains her sole source of power . The point can be seen in terms of gothics ' illusory command over a spiritual self at a time when orthodox religions were failing - illusory , that is , since the genre's interest in the supernatural ...
... remains her sole source of power . The point can be seen in terms of gothics ' illusory command over a spiritual self at a time when orthodox religions were failing - illusory , that is , since the genre's interest in the supernatural ...
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... remains a metonym for heroic culture , her malaise ultimately refers to anti- heroic otherness . Chopin , then , compels us to confront two overlapping contradictions met in self - reflexive languages and anticipated briefly in earlier ...
... remains a metonym for heroic culture , her malaise ultimately refers to anti- heroic otherness . Chopin , then , compels us to confront two overlapping contradictions met in self - reflexive languages and anticipated briefly in earlier ...
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 |