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The many-minded man : the Odyssey, psychology, and the therapy of epic
- Title
- The many-minded man : the Odyssey, psychology, and the therapy of epic / Joel P. Christensen.
- Author
- Christensen, Joel (Joel P.)
- Publication
- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- xii, 342 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Argues that the Odyssey explores the development and dysfunction of human minds and provides for its audiences-both ancient and modern-a basic theory of human mental function and identity as well as approaches or treatments when the mind in some way fails"--
- Series Statement
- Myth and poetics II
- Uniform Title
- Myth and poetics. II.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Homeric psychology -- Treating Telemachus: education and learned helplessness -- Escape from Ogygia: an isolated man -- Odysseus's Apologoi and narrative therapy -- Odysseus's lies: correspondences, coherence, and narrative agency -- Marginalized agencies and narrative selves -- Penelope's subordinated agency -- The politics of Ithaca: from collective trauma to amnesty's end -- The therapy of oblivion, unforgettable pain and the Odyssey's end -- Conclusion: escaping (the) story's bounds.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-2494
- ISBN
- 9781501752346
- 1501752340
- 9781501752353 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781501752360 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020012380
- OCLC
- 1142990967
- Author
- Christensen, Joel (Joel P.), author.
- Title
- The many-minded man : the Odyssey, psychology, and the therapy of epic / Joel P. Christensen.
- Publisher
- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Myth and poetics IIMyth and poetics. II.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Christensen, Joel (Joel P.) The many-minded man. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501752353 (DLC) 2020012381
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-2494