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 |
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Greek literature |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Gods, Greek, in literature.
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Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.
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Literature and mental illness -- Greece.
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Mentally ill in literature.
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Mythology, Greek, in literature.
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Religious drama, Greek -- History and criticism.
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LC no. |
94025529 |
ISBN |
0691033609 (CL) |
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