| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 342 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
Online. |
| Description |
text file |
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PDF |
| Series |
Myth and poetics II
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Myth and poetics. II.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Homeric psychology -- Treating Telemachus : education and learned helplessness -- Escape from Ogygia : an isolated man -- Odysseus's Apologoi and narrative therapy -- Odysseus's lies : correspondence, coherence, and the narrative agency -- Marginalized agencies and narrative selves -- Penelope's subordinated agency -- The politics of Ithaca : from collective trauma to amnesty's end -- The therapy of oblivion, unforgettable pain and the Odyssey's end -- Conclusion: escaping (the) story's bounds. |
| Summary |
"Argues that the Odyssey explores the development and dysfunction of human minds and provides for its audiences-both ancient and modern-a basic theory of human mental function and identity as well as approaches or treatments when the mind in some way fails"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Homer. Odyssey.
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Homer. Odyssey. |
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Odyssey (Homer) |
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Psychology and literature.
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Epic poetry -- Themes, motives.
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PSYCHOLOGY / History |
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Psychology and literature. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Christensen, Joel (Joel P.). The many-minded man Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020. 9781501752346 (DLC) 2020012380 |
| ISBN |
9781501752360 electronic book |
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1501752367 electronic book |
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1501752359 electronic book |
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9781501752353 (electronic bk.) |
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9781501752346 hardcover |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9781501752360 |
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