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1 online resource (viii, 211 pages) |
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ASOR books ; v. 8 |
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ASOR books ; v. 8.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: CHAFvER ONE The Allure of Gilgamesh: The Construction of -- Desire in the Gilgamesh Epic -- INTRODUCTION -- The Construction of Desire: Queering Gilgamesh -- THE EROTIC GILGAMESH -- The Prostitute and the Primal Man: Inciting Desire -- The Gaze of Ishtar: Denying Desire -- Heroic Love: Requiting Desire -- The Death of Desire -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER TWO On the Couch with Horus and Seth: A Freudian -- Analysis (Or, The Case of Pharaoh's Mommy) -- INTRODUCTION -- Oedipus in Ancient Egypt -- A CONTENTIOUS COURT: TWO EPISODES -- The Insult and the Enigma -- Island Intrigue -- THE THREE CONTESTS -- Under the Water -- In the Bed -- On the Boat -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER THREE Desire in Death's Realm: Sex, Power, and Violence -- in "Nergal and Ereshkigal" -- INTRODUCTION -- Giving Death its Due -- CRUCIBLE OF DESIRE -- Ereshkigal's Wiles -- A GODDESS SCORNED -- Ereshkigal's Complaint -- TO REIGN IN HELL -- Nergal's Return -- Gender and Power -- CONCLUSION: DESIRE AND DEATH -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- TEXT INDEX |
| Summary |
The three essays presented in this volume reveal the symbolic complexity and poetic vision of ancient Near Eastern mythology. Through the application of contemporary methods of literary analysis, the author explores the interrelated themes of erotic desire, divine conflict, and deaths realm in selected ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian mythological narratives. Topics include the construction of desire in the Gilgamesh epic, a psychoanalytic approach to "The Contendings of Horus and Seth, " and gender and the exercise of power in the stormy romance of Nergal and Ereshkigal. Walls' fresh treatment of these three important myths brings them to life for the specialist and mythology buff alike |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-204) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Mythology, Middle Eastern.
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Middle Eastern literature -- History and criticism
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Death in literature.
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Death in literature
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Middle Eastern literature
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Mythology, Middle Eastern
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Mythologie.
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Oudheid.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0897570553 |
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9780897570558 |
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