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Desire, discord, and death : approaches to ancient Near Eastern myth /

The three essays presented in this volume reveal the symbolic complexity and poetic vision of ancient Near Eastern mythology. Through the application of contemporary methods of literary analysis, the author explores the interrelated themes of erotic desire, divine conflict, and deaths realm in selec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walls, Neal H., 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : American Schools of Oriental Research, ©2001.
Colección:ASOR books ; v. 8.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: CHAFvER ONE The Allure of Gilgamesh: The Construction of
  • Desire in the Gilgamesh Epic
  • INTRODUCTION
  • The Construction of Desire: Queering Gilgamesh
  • THE EROTIC GILGAMESH
  • The Prostitute and the Primal Man: Inciting Desire
  • The Gaze of Ishtar: Denying Desire
  • Heroic Love: Requiting Desire
  • The Death of Desire
  • CONCLUSION
  • CHAPTER TWO On the Couch with Horus and Seth: A Freudian
  • Analysis (Or, The Case of Pharaoh's Mommy)
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Oedipus in Ancient Egypt
  • A CONTENTIOUS COURT: TWO EPISODES
  • The Insult and the Enigma
  • Island Intrigue
  • THE THREE CONTESTS
  • Under the Water
  • In the Bed
  • On the Boat
  • CONCLUSION
  • CHAPTER THREE Desire in Death's Realm: Sex, Power, and Violence
  • in "Nergal and Ereshkigal"
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Giving Death its Due
  • CRUCIBLE OF DESIRE
  • Ereshkigal's Wiles
  • A GODDESS SCORNED
  • Ereshkigal's Complaint
  • TO REIGN IN HELL
  • Nergal's Return
  • Gender and Power
  • CONCLUSION: DESIRE AND DEATH
  • REFERENCES
  • SUBJECT INDEX
  • TEXT INDEX.