The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Exploration of MythJHU Press, 2015. nov. 1. - 200 oldal First published in German in 1909, Otto Rank's original The Myth of the Birth of the Hero offered psychoanalytical interpretations of mythological stories as a means of understanding the human psyche. Like his mentor Sigmund Freud, Rank compared the myths of such figures as Oedipus, Moses, and Sargon with common dreams, seeing in both a symbolic fulfillment of repressed desire. In a new edition published thirteen years after the original, Rank doubled the size of his seminal work, incorporating new discoveries in psychoanalysis, mythology, and ethnology. This expanded and updated edition has been eloquently translated by Gregory C. Richter and E. James Lieberman and includes an introductory essay by Robert A. Segal as well as Otto Rank's 1914 essay "The Play in Hamlet." |
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... Oedipus becomes a symbol of the triumph of light over darkness: “Oedipus ... is the solar hero who murders his procreator, the darkness; shares his couch with the mother, the gloaming, from whose lap, the dawn, he has been born, and ...
... ) Literally, or consciously, the hero, here always male, is a historical or legendary figure like Oedipus. He is heroic because he rises from obscurity to, typically, the throne. Literally, he is an innocent victim introductory essay ix.
... Oedipus involves punishment and only eventual submission rather than initial renunciation, myth is still not, like folktale, the sheer fulfillment of wishes. Much like Róheim, whom he acknowledges only in passing, Arlow takes fairy ...
... Oedipus? Presumably, they would focus not on what precedes Oedipus' deeds—his preOedipal stage—but on what follows the deeds: the guilt that overwhelms him once he discovers what he has done. The punishment that he immediately imposes ...
... Oedipus complex, which centers on the father, to the trauma of birth, which necessarily centers on the mother. For Rank, the infant's anxiety at birth is the source of all subsequent anxiety. Conflict with the father remains, but ...
Tartalomjegyzék
vii | |
Translators Introduction | xxxix |
Preface to the First Edition | xlv |
Preface to the Second Edition | xlvii |
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 The Cycle of Myths | 9 |
3 The Interpretation of the Myths | 47 |
Toward an Analysis and Dynamic Understanding of the Work | 93 |
Notes | 105 |
References | 129 |
Index | 143 |
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The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Exploration of Myth Otto Rank Korlátozott előnézet - 2004 |
The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Exploration of Myth Otto Rank Korlátozott előnézet - 2015 |
The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Exploration of Myth Otto Rank Korlátozott előnézet - 2004 |