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  1. The many-minded man
    the Odyssey, psychology, and the therapy of epic
    Author: Christensen, Joel
    Published: [2020]; 2020
    Publisher:  Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York ; London

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    Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Bibliothek
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781501752353
    Other subjects: Homer: Odyssey
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (360 pages)
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  2. <<The>> many-minded man
    the "Odyssey," psychology, and the therapy of epic
    Author: Christensen, Joel
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Cornell University Press, Ithaca

    In The Many-Minded Man, Joel Christensen explores the content, character, and structure of the Homeric Odyssey through a modern psychological lens, focusing on how the epic both represents the workings of the human mind and provides for its... more

     

    In The Many-Minded Man, Joel Christensen explores the content, character, and structure of the Homeric Odyssey through a modern psychological lens, focusing on how the epic both represents the workings of the human mind and provides for its audiences—both ancient and modern—a therapeutic model for coping with the exigencies of chance and fate.By reading the Odyssey as an exploration of the constitutive elements of human identity, the function of narrative in defining the self, and the interaction between the individual and their social context, The Many-Minded Man addresses enduring questions about the poem, such as the importance of Telemachus's role, why Odysseus must tell his own tale, and the epic's sudden and unexpected closure. Through these dynamics, Christensen reasons, the Odyssey not only instructs readers about how narrative shapes a sense of agency but also offers solutions for avoiding dangerous stories and destructive patterns of thought

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781501752360; 9781501752353
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    RVK Categories: FH 20038 ; FH 20085
    Series: Myth and poetics ; 2
    Subjects: Epic poetry; Psychology and literature; Homer and Psychology, Cognitive Science and Homer, Meaning of the Odyssey, Therapy and Epic/Homer, Homeric Theory of Mind; Literary Studies; Psychology & Psychiatry; PSYCHOLOGY / History
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 342 Seiten)
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    Enthält Literaturverzeichnis auf Seite [291]-317
  3. The Many-Minded Man
    The "Odyssey," Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic
    Author: Christensen, Joel
    Published: 2020; ©2020
    Publisher:  Cornell University Press, Ithaca

    THE MANY-MINDED MAN -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Title, Texts, Transliterations, and Translations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Homeric Psychology -- Chapter 2 Treating Telemachus, Education, and Learned Helplessness --... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt / Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt
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    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt / Zentrale
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    Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, Zentralbibliothek
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    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim
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    THE MANY-MINDED MAN -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Title, Texts, Transliterations, and Translations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Homeric Psychology -- Chapter 2 Treating Telemachus, Education, and Learned Helplessness -- Chapter 3 Escaping Ogygia, An Isolated Man -- Chapter 4 Odysseus's Apologoi and Narrative Therapy -- Chapter 5 Odysseus's Lies: Correspondence, Coherence, and the Narrative Agent -- Chapter 6 Marginalized Agencies and Narrative Selves -- Chapter 7 Penelope's Subordinated Agency -- Chapter 8 The Politics of Ithaca: From Collective Trauma to Amnesty's End -- Chapter 9 The Therapy of Oblivion, Unforgettable Pain, and the Odyssey's End -- Conclusion: Escaping (the) Story's Bounds -- Works Cited -- Index of Ancient Passages -- Index of Subjects. "Argues that the Odyssey explores the development and dysfunction of human minds and provides for its audiences-both ancient and modern-a basic theory of human mental function and identity as well as approaches or treatments when the mind in some way fails"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781501752353
    Series: Myth and Poetics II
    Subjects: Homer.-Odyssey; Psychology and literature; Epic poetry; Homer.-Odyssey; Electronic books
    Other subjects: Homer: Odyssey
    Scope: 1 online resource (360 pages)
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