Becoming Achilles Child-Sacrifice, War, and Misrule in the Lliad and Beyond

Informationen zum Autor Richard Kerr Holway Klappentext Viewing the Iliad and myth through the lens of modern psychology, Richard Holway exposes sacrificial childrearing practices at the root of competitive, glory-seeking ancient Greek cultures. The Iliad dramatizes and cathartically purges not only strife within and between generations but knowledge of sacrificial parenting. Holway's analysis yields a new reading of the Iliad, from its first word to its last, and a revised account of the family dynamics underlying ancient Greek cultures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1. The Quarrel Chapter 2. Heroic Psychology Chapter 3. Mythobiographies Chapter 4. Catharsis and Denial Chapter 5. Fathers and Sons Chapter 6. Mothers and Sons Chapter 7. Departures from Maternal Agendas Chapter 8. Self in Crisis Epilogue: Achilles and Socrates Bibliography

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• Authors: Richard Holway, Not Available (NA), Richard Kerr Holway
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 16.12.2011
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day
• EAN: 9780739146910
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-4691-0
• Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; Greek Studies: Interdisciplina; Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; Greek Studies: Interdisciplina
• Subjects: Classics, Literary Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Classical Philosophy;Classics;Literary Studies