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Tragic drama and the family : psychoanalytic studies from Aeschylus to Beckett / Bennett Simon.
Van Pelt Library PN1899.F27 S55 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simon, Bennett, 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tragedy--History and criticism.
- Tragedy.
- Families in literature.
- Psychoanalysis in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 274 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [1988]
- Summary:
- Aristotle once observed the great tragic dramas deal with famous mythological families in which one family member commits terrible acts against another. In this book, Dr. Bennett Simon argues that one of the most important continuities between ancient and modern drama and between tragic drama and psychoanalysis is the focus on the family.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300041322
- OCLC:
- 17546750
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