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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Christensen, Joel (Joel P.). The many-minded man Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020. (DLC) 2020012380 |
Named Person: | Homer.; Homer. |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joel Christensen |
ISBN: | 9781501752360 1501752367 1501752359 9781501752353 |
OCLC Number: | 1147944052 |
Language Note: | In English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 342 pages) : color illustrations. |
Contents: | Homeric psychology -- Treating Telemachus : education and learned helplessness -- Escape from Ogygia : an isolated man -- Odysseus's Apologoi and narrative therapy -- Odysseus's lies : correspondence, coherence, and the 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. |
Series Title: | Myth and poetics., II. |
Responsibility: | Joel P. Christensen. |
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"While the arguments are usually complex and intricate, Christensen has successfully achieved what he set out to do, thanks in part to his clear style and presentation. Attentive and contemplative readers will gain insights not only into the Odyssey but also into their own experiences." * Choice * "Joel Christensen shows that he has thoroughly digested not only the vast field of Classics - specifically Homeric scholarship - but also the equally immense realm of human psychology, although he modestly denies the latter. [H]e offers a deeply personal study, one that emphasizes process over product in a way that seems quite appropriate to both the Odyssey and modern psychology." * The Classical Journal * Read more...

