Transforming Psyche / Barbara Weir Huber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huber, Barbara Weir, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Psychology.

Women.

Psyche (Greek deity).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1999.

Summary:

In Transforming Psyche Huber shows that the myth of Psyche and Eros can be interpreted to illuminate the experiences of twentieth-century women. In contrast to the portrayal of Psyche as indecisive and amorphous, Huber emphasizes those aspects of the tale that describe Psyche's connectedness - to her sisters, her own sexuality, her earth-bound experience and, ultimately, to the birthing of her child. Using the works of such writers as Emily Carr, Margaret Laurence, Gertrude Stein, and Virginia Woolf, Huber demonstrates that feminist theory and women's autobiography mirror the insights uncovered in her retelling of the Psyche story.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Transforming Psyche

Introduction

Contexts and Circumstances

Narcissus and Echo

Introducing Psyche, Attending Aphrodite

The Green World

learning Transformation

Eros, Psyche, and N(arr)ativity

voluptas beyond the ending

Lifeprints

Retelling Psyche

Apuleius’s Cupid and Psyche

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85803-3

9786612858031

0-7735-6780-1