Electra after Freud : Myth and Culture /

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"Scott reads several pivotal texts featuring Electra to demonstrate what she calls "a narrative revolt" against the dominance of Oedipus as archetype. Situating the Electra myth within a framework of psychoanalysis, medicine, opera, and dance. Scott investigates the heroine's rol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scott, Jill, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Elektra.
Electra > (Greek mythological figure)
Electra > (Greek mythological figure) > In literature.
Psykoanalys och litteratur.
Elektra (grekisk mytologi) i litteraturen.
Tysk litteratur > historia > 1900-talet.
Tysk litteratur > historia > 1800-talet.
Musikvetenskap.
Litteraturvetenskap > 1800-talet > 1900-talet.
Kvinnobilden.
Psykoanalys.
Myter.
Psychoanalyse
Literatur
Psychoanalysis in literature.
Literature.
German literature.
PSYCHOLOGY > Movements > Psychoanalysis.
Psychanalyse dans la litterature.
Litterature allemande > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature allemande > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
German literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
German literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Deutsch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Beyond tragic catharsis, Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Elektra
  • Shakespeare's Electra, Heiner Müller's Hamletmaschine
  • From pathology to performance, Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Elektra and Sigmund Freud's "Fräulein Anna O"
  • Choreographing a cure, Richard Strauss's Elektra and the ironic waltz
  • Oedipus endangered, Robert Musil's The man without qualities
  • Resurrecting Electra's voice, H.D.'s A dead priestess speaks
  • A poetics of survival, Sylvia Plath's Electra enactment
  • Conclusion, Electra and the new millennium.

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