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Merlin, the wizard of Arthurian legend, has been a source of enduring fascination for centuries. In this authoritative text, the author traces the myth of Merlin back to its roots in the early Welsh figure of Myrddin. He then follows Merlin as he is imagined and reimaged through the centuries of literature and art. He covers French and German as well as Anglophone elements of the myth and brings the story up to the present with discussions of a globalized...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1996.
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English
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Forbidden Knowledge boldly traces the tragic arc of Western literature and culture as it explores the notion of "forbidden knowledge," from the sexual innocence of Adam and Eve to the awe-inspiring discoveries of modern scientists who have created the atomic bomb and recombinant DNA. The result is a dire portrait of human presumption and of a culture that has abandoned all limits in the quest for knowledge and experience. The harrowing imagery that...
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Ohio State University Press
Pub. Date
©2013
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English
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"The influential and widely respected narrative theorist, H. Porter Abbott, breaks new ground in Real Mysteries: Narrative and the Unknowable. In it, he revisits the ancient theme of what we cannot know about ourselves and others. But in a sharp departure, he shifts the focus from the representation of this theme to the ways narrative can be manipulated to immerse "the willing reader" in the actual experience of unknowing. As he shows, this difficult...
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New York University Press
Pub. Date
©1994
Language
English
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"The psychoanalyst dares to explore the most intimate recesses of the human soul, to throw open long-barred doors, and to confront the forbidden knowledge beneath the surface. In Freud and Forbidden Knowledge, nine exceptional essays use psychoanalysis to uncover the theme of forbidden knowledge in canonical works of the Western tradition, from the Bible to Hamlet. Psychoanalysis is a discipline that seeks to understand and alleviate human suffering....
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Southern Illinois University Press
Pub. Date
[1967]
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English
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Jac Tharpe's quest after identity and knowledge in Nathaniel Hawthorne has taken him on an interesting journey during which he has made some rewarding discoveries.
One of his points is that Hawthorne is not an exclusively American figure, a mutation out of puritanism. Mr. Tharpe is interested in showing that, whether or not Hawthorne had been influenced by certain European authors, he at least thought along the same lines as they did; and in turn...