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Author:   Paul Bishop (Chair of Modern Languages University of Glasgow, UK.) ,  Terence Dawson (Independent scholar, teaching in UK and Singapore) ,  Leslie Gardner (Artellus Limited, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.376kg
ISBN:  

9780367515010

ISBN 10:   0367515016
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   30 September 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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1. Introduction: Is the only way up? Part I: Katábasis in Greek and Latin Literature 2. Psycho-cosmic descent in ancient Greece: from abyss to self-containment 3. Katabasis in reverse: Heraclitus, the archaic, and the abyss 4. Virgil, epicureanism, and unseemly behaviour 5. The Neoplatonic katabasis of the soul to the world of the senses: Language as a tool for regaining self-consciousness 6. Acting out, science fiction and Lucian's True HistoryPart II: Katábasis, Goddesses, and Saints 7. Inanna's descent to the netherworld and analytical psychology: What has the mistress of all the lands done? 8. Katabasis in an ancient Indian myth: Savitri Encounters Yama 9. Katabasis in middle eastern female hagiography: a post-Jungian perspective Part III: Katábasis in Theory 10. Raising hell: Freud's katabatic metaphors in The Interpretation of Dreams 11. Orestes, Katabasis, and aggrieved masculine entitlement 12. Regression, Nekyia, and involution in the thought of Jung and Deleuze Epilogue Salon Noir

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Paul Bishop is William Jacks Chair of Modern Languages in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Glasgow, UK. Terence Dawson is an independent scholar, following a career of teaching in the UK and Singapore. He has a special interest in the relation between literature, music, and the visual arts. Leslie Gardner is Director of the international literary agency Artellus Limited, based in London, UK. She is a founding member of the International Association of Jungian Studies and is currently a Fellow in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex.

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