Oedipus and the sphinx: the threshold myth from sophocles through freud to cocteau
Auteur :
Renger, Almut-Barbara
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226048086
Date de publication :
3 sept. 2013
Dimensions :
2,2 x 1,5 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
312 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Revealing the narrative of Oedipus and the Sphinx to be the very paradigm of a key transition experienced by all of humankind, the author situates myth between the competing claims of science and art in an engagement that has important implications for the debates in literary studies, psychoanalytic theory, cultural history, and aesthetics.