Eros in Mourning From Homer to Lacan |
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| Author:
| Staten, Henry |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-6999-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2001 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $77.99 |
Book Description:
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Eros in Mourning begins with a reading of the Iliad that shows how Homer, not yet influenced by the ideology of transcendence, analyzes the structure of unassuageable mourning in a way that is as up-to-date as the latest poststructuralism. Then, in readings of Dante, Hamlet, La Princess de Clèves,Heart of Darkness, and Lacan, Staten depicts the ......
Eros in Mourning begins with a reading of the Iliad that shows how Homer, not yet influenced by the ideology of transcendence, analyzes the structure of unassuageable mourning in a way that is as up-to-date as the latest poststructuralism. Then, in readings of Dante, Hamlet, La Princess de Clèves,Heart of Darkness, and Lacan, Staten depicts the ......