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1 online resource (720 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction and historical notes; Part One: The Seven Gateways to the Underworld; Prologue to Part One; Chapter 1 Overcoming the Monster; Chapter 2 The Monster (II) and the Thrilling Escape From Death; Chapter 3 Rags to Riches; Chapter 4 The Quest; Chapter 5 Voyage and Return; Chapter 6 Comedy; Chapter 7 Comedy (II): The Plot Disguised; Chapter 8 Tragedy (I): The Five Stages; Chapter 9 Tragedy (II): The Divided Self; Chapter 10 Tragedy (III): The Hero as Monster; Chapter 11 Rebirth; Chapter 12 The Dark Power: From Shadow into Light |
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Epilogue to Part One: The Rule of Three (the role played in stories by numbers)Part Two: The Complete Happy Ending; Prologue to Part Two; Chapter 13 The Dark Figures; Chapter 14 Seeing Whole: The Feminine and Masculine Values; Chapter 15 The Perfect Balance; Chapter 16 The Unrealised Value; Chapter 17 The Archetypal Family Drama (Continued); Chapter 18 The Light Figures; Chapter 19 Reaching the Goal; Chapter 20 The Fatal Flaw; Part Three: Missing The Mark; Chapter 21 The Ego Takes Over (I): Enter the Dark Inversion; Chapter 22 The Ego Takes Over (II): The Dark and Sentimental Versions |
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Chapter 23 The Ego Takes Over (III): Quest, Voyage and Return, ComedyChapter 24 The Ego Takes Over (IV): Tragedy and Rebirth; Chapter 25 Losing the Plot: Thomas Hardy â#x80;#x93; A Case History; Chapter 26 Going Nowhere: The Passive Ego. The Twentieth-Century Dead End â#x80;#x93; From Chekhov to Close Encounters; Chapter 27 Why Sex and Violence? The Active Ego. The Twentieth-Century Obsession: From de Sade to The Terminator; Chapter 28 Rebellion Against â#x80;#x98;The Oneâ#x80;#x99;: From Job to Nineteen Eighty-Four; Chapter 29 The Mystery; Chapter 30 The Riddle of the Sphinx: Oedipus and Hamlet |
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Part Four: Why We Tell StoriesChapter 31 Telling Us Who We Are: Ego versus Instinct; Chapter 32 Into the Real World: The Ruling Consciousness; Chapter 33 Of Gods and Men: Reconnecting with â#x80;#x98;The Oneâ#x80;#x99;; Chapter 34 The Age of Loki: The Dismantling of the Self; Epilogue: The Light and the Shadows on the Wall; Authorâ#x80;#x99;s Personal Note; Glossary of Terms; Bibliography; Index of Stories Cited; General Index; Footnotes; eCopyright |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)
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Literature -- Stories, plots, etc.
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Literature
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Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)
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| Genre/Form |
Stories, plots, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441116512 |
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1441116516 |
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