Desire, discord, and death : approaches to ancient Near Eastern myth / by Neal Walls.
نوع المادة :
نصالسلاسل:ASOR books ; v. 8الناشر:Boston : American Schools of Oriental Research, 2001وصف:viii, 211 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0897570561
- 0897570553 (pbk)
- BL1060 W34 2001
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | BL1060 W34 2001 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000001620 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-204) and indexes.
Introduction: Hidden Riches in Secret Places. Methods and Approaches -- Ch. 1. The Allure of Gilgamesh: The Construction of Desire in the Gilgamesh Epic. The Erotic Gilgamesh -- Ch. 2. On the Couch with Horus and Seth: A Freudian Analysis (Or, The Case of Pharaoh's Mommy). A Contentious Court: Two Episodes. The Three Contests -- Ch. 3. Desire in Death's Realm: Sex, Power, and Violence in "Nergal and Ereshkigal" Crucible of Desire. A Goddess Scorned. To Reign in Hell.
"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 death's realm in selected ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian mythological narratives.
Topics include the construction of desire in the Gilgamesh epic, a psychoanalytic approach to "The Contendings of Horus and Seth," and gender and the exercise of power in the stormy romance of Nergal and Ereshkigal. Walls' fresh treatment of these three important myths brings them to life for the specialist and mythology buff alike."--BOOK JACKET.
