Orpheus and Eurydice in myth, history, and analytical psychology : loss, longing, and self-awareness / Terence Dawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawson, Terence, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orpheus (Greek mythological character)--In literature.

Orpheus.

Eurydice (Greek mythological character)--In literature.

Eurydice.

Orpheus (Greek mythological character)--Psychology.

Eurydice (Greek mythological character)--Psychology.

Jungian psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages) : illustrations (black and white.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.

Contents:

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as moral philosophy : Virgil's Epyllion

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as psychological process : Ovid's 'Song of Orpheus'

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, classical philosophy, and Christian allegory : late antiquity and the Middle Ages

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and love : the Renaissance and early Baroque

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and social and personal concerns : the late Baroque and the age of sensibility

Romantic identification with Orpheus : the nineteenth century

Orpheus and Eurydice, dissociative tendencies, and self-transformation : early twentieth-century modernism

Orpheus and Eurydice, dysfunctional times, and the need to testify : the Second World War

Orpheus as embodiment of the creative impulse : the 1950s

Orpheus trapped inside a tragic myth : 1960 to 1995

Orpheus and Eurydice, confronting reality and self-awareness : 1995 to 2020.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781003519584 (electronic bk.)

100351958X (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40032765047

CIPO000181228

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