| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 342 pages) : color illustrations |
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Online |
| Series |
Myth and poetics II |
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Myth and poetics. II.
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| 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 |
| Analysis |
Homer and Psychology, Cognitive Science and Homer, Meaning of the Odyssey, Therapy and Epic/Homer, Homeric Theory of Mind |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 25, 2020) |
| Subject |
Homer. Odyssey.
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| SUBJECT |
Homer. Odyssey
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Odyssey (Homer) fast |
| Subject |
Psychology and literature.
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Epic poetry -- Themes, motives
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PSYCHOLOGY / History
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Psychology and literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020012381 |
| ISBN |
9781501752360 |
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1501752367 |
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1501752359 |
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9781501752353 |
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