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Author Padel, Ruth, 1946-

Title Whom gods destroy : elements of Greek and tragic madness / Ruth Padel
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1995]
©1995

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Description xviii, 276 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Whom gods destroy : elements of Greek and tragic madness / Ruth Padel. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Preface and Acknowledgments Abbreviations Ch. 1. Introduction: "He First Makes Mad" Pt. 1. Language and Timing Ch. 2. Tragic Madness Words Ch. 3. God of the Verb Ch. 4. Temporary versus Long-term Madness Pt. 2. Darkness and Vision Ch. 5. Inner Shadow Ch. 6. The Afterlife of Inner Blackness Ch. 7. Dark, Twisted Seeing Ch. 8. True Seeing Ch. 9. A Legacy of True Mad Seeing Pt. 3. Isolation: Wandering, Disharmony, Pollution Ch. 10. Stone: Madness Is Outside Ch. 11. "Alienus": Resonances of Mad Wandering Ch. 12. Inner Wandering Ch. 13. Daemonic Dance Ch. 14. Skin: Pollution and Shame Ch. 15. Disease, Passion Pt. 4. Damage Ch. 16. Mind Damage before Tragedy Ch. 17. Homer's Damage-Chain Ch. 18. The Two Roles of Madness Ch. 19. "Haywire City" Ch. 20. Divine Double Bind Pt. 5. Madness: A Rough Tragic Grammar Ch. 21. Mad in Another World Ch. 22. Knowledge That Is Sad to Have to Know Appendix. Ate in Tragedy: The Thinning of the Word Works Cited Index -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Greek drama (Tragedy) History and criticism, Literature and mental illness Greece, Mythology, Greek, in literature, Mentally ill in literature, Gods, Greek, in literature
Analysis Greek literature
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Gods, Greek, in literature.
Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.
Literature and mental illness -- Greece.
Mentally ill in literature.
Mythology, Greek, in literature.
Religious drama, Greek -- History and criticism.
LC no. 94025529
ISBN 0691033609 (CL)