Narcissus and the Voyeur

Narcissus and the Voyeur
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9783110816136
ISBN-13 : 311081613X
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Synopsis Narcissus and the Voyeur by : Robert M. MacLean

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Bibliography of Semiotics, 1975–1985

Bibliography of Semiotics, 1975–1985
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 950
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ISBN-10 : 9789027279385
ISBN-13 : 9027279381
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Bibliography of Semiotics, 1975–1985 by :

This bibliography of semiotic studies covering the years 1975-1985 impressively reveals the world-wide intensification in the field. During this decade, national semiotic societies have been founded allover the world; a great number of international, national, and local semiotic conferences have taken place; the number of periodicals and book series devoted to semiotics has increased as has the number of books and dissertations in the field. This bibliography is the result of a dedicated effort to approach complete coverage.

Echoes of Narcissus

Echoes of Narcissus
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781800734937
ISBN-13 : 180073493X
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Synopsis Echoes of Narcissus by : Lieve Spaas

In Greek mythology the beautiful Narcissus glimpsed his own reflection in the waters of a spring and fell in love. But his was an impossible passion and, filled with despair, he pined away. Over the years the myth has inspired painters, writers, and film directors, as well as philosophers and psychoanalysts. The tragic story of Narcissus, in love with himself, and of Echo, the nymph in love with him, lies at the heart of this collection of essays exploring the origins of the myth and some of its many cultural manifestations and meanings relating to the self and the self's relationship to the other. Through their discussion of the myth and its ramifications, the contributors to this volume broaden our understanding of one of the fundamental myths of Western culture.

The Medieval Poet as Voyeur

The Medieval Poet as Voyeur
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 335
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ISBN-10 : 9780521410946
ISBN-13 : 0521410940
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis The Medieval Poet as Voyeur by : A. C. Spearing

In his new book, leading medievalist A. C. Spearing provides the only study of the many scenes of secret watching and listening in medieval love-stories, and of the way that the central importance of these scenes encourages both the poets and their readers to imagine themselves as voyeurs in relation to what they read.

Echo and Narcissus

Echo and Narcissus
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 245
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ISBN-10 : 9781527565562
ISBN-13 : 1527565564
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Synopsis Echo and Narcissus by : Polona Petek

Echo and Narcissus: Echolocating the Spectator in the Age of Audience Research came about as a response to the recent shift of focus in the studies of cinema. While the seventies and the eighties were marked by increasingly complex theorisations of spectatorship, the last two decades have witnessed a turn towards ethnographic research into film reception. However, this long overdue turn towards the empirical viewer has not produced a genuinely broader scope of analysis. It has rather, all too hastily, consigned the spectator, a textually constructed viewing position, to oblivion, thanks to the concept’s perceived hegemonic and totalising premise. Echo and Narcissus intervenes into this state of affairs by arguing for a productive nexus between theorisations of spectatorship and the currently more fashionable audience research. Petek maintains that an informed mapping of contemporary (and past) filmviewing practices still requires a spectatorial model and she offers such a model through a re-reading of Ovid’s tale of Echo and Narcissus. She demonstrates that the myth’s central role in traditional theorisations of spectatorship has not yet been properly reflected upon. Her critical recuperation of the Ovidian myth provides a revised model of the spectator—one with discursive access to all types of cinema, yet, flexible enough to accommodate a range of viewers’ responses and their cultural diversity.

The Self Psychology of Addiction and its Treatment

The Self Psychology of Addiction and its Treatment
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 9781135451585
ISBN-13 : 1135451583
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis The Self Psychology of Addiction and its Treatment by : Richard B. Ulman

In the time of Freud, the typical psychoanalytic patient was afflicted with neurotic disorders; however, the modern-day psychotherapy patient often suffers instead from a variety of addictive disorders. As the treatment of neurotic disorders based on unconscious conflicts cannot be applied to treatment of addictive disorders, psychoanalysis has been unable to keep pace with the changes in the type of patient seeking help. To address the shift and respond to contemporary patients’ needs, Ulman and Paul present a thorough discussion of addiction that studies and analyzes treatment options. Their honest and unique work provides new ideas that will help gain access to the fantasy worlds of addicted patients. The Self Psychology of Addiction and Its Treatment emphasizes clinical approaches in the treatment of challenging narcissistic patients struggling with the five major forms of addiction. Ulman and Paul focus on six specific case studies that are illustrative of the five forms of addiction. They use the representative subjects to develop a self psychological model that helps to answer the pertinent questions regarding the origins and pathway of addiction. This comprehensive book links addiction and trauma in an original manner that creates a greater understanding of addiction and its foundations than any clinical or theoretical model to date.

The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (Norton Critical Editions)
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 441
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ISBN-10 : 9780393269161
ISBN-13 : 0393269167
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (Norton Critical Editions) by : Joseph Conrad

This Norton Critical Edition includes four stories—two set on stormy seas, two on calm seas, all four based on the same incident—that speak to each other in interesting ways. The stories in this Norton Critical Edition maintain the connection and sequencing that Joseph Conrad saw among them. In his “Author’s Note” to ‘Twixt Land and Sea, Conrad writes of his two “Calm-pieces” (“The Secret Sharer” and The Shadow-Line) and his two “Storm-pieces” (The Nigger of the “Narcissus” and “Typhoon”). This edition is based on the first English book edition for the stories and the first American edition for the “Author’s Note” for The Shadow-Line, “Typhoon,” and “The Secret Sharer.” The stories are accompanied by explanatory annotations, a note on the texts (including a list of textual emendations), and a preface. “Backgrounds and Contexts” brings together relevant correspondence and contemporary reviews from both British and American sources. Also included are documents related to Conrad’s sources for the stories, among them Charles Arthur Sankey’s “Ordeal of the Cutty Sark: A True Story of Mutiny, Murder on the High Seas.” To help readers navigate, the editor includes a glossary of nautical terms as well as diagrams of the kinds of ships that appear in the stories. “Criticism” includes fifteen essays representing both new and established voices. The essays are arranged by story, with the focus on Conrad’s major themes—colonialism, narrative, gender, and race. Albert J. Guerard, Lillian Nayder, Mark D. Larabee, Fredric Jameson, F. R. Leavis, and John G. Peters are among the contributors. A chronology of Conrad’s life and work and a selected bibliography are also included.

The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 441
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ISBN-10 : 9780393614794
ISBN-13 : 0393614794
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) by : Joseph Conrad

This Norton Critical Edition includes four stories—two set on stormy seas, two on calm seas, all four based on the same incident—that speak to each other in interesting ways. The stories in this Norton Critical Edition maintain the connection and sequencing that Joseph Conrad saw among them. In his “Author’s Note” to ‘Twixt Land and Sea, Conrad writes of his two “Calm-pieces” (“The Secret Sharer” and The Shadow-Line) and his two “Storm-pieces” (The Nigger of the “Narcissus” and “Typhoon”). This edition is based on the first English book edition for the stories and the first American edition for the “Author’s Note” for The Shadow-Line, “Typhoon,” and “The Secret Sharer.” The stories are accompanied by explanatory annotations, a note on the texts (including a list of textual emendations), and a preface. “Backgrounds and Contexts” brings together relevant correspondence and contemporary reviews from both British and American sources. Also included are documents related to Conrad’s sources for the stories, among them Charles Arthur Sankey’s “Ordeal of the Cutty Sark: A True Story of Mutiny, Murder on the High Seas.” To help readers navigate, the editor includes a glossary of nautical terms as well as diagrams of the kinds of ships that appear in the stories. “Criticism” includes fifteen essays representing both new and established voices. The essays are arranged by story, with the focus on Conrad’s major themes—colonialism, narrative, gender, and race. Albert J. Guerard, Lillian Nayder, Mark D. Larabee, Fredric Jameson, F. R. Leavis, and John G. Peters are among the contributors. A chronology of Conrad’s life and work and a selected bibliography are also included.

Roman Eyes

Roman Eyes
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 0691096775
ISBN-13 : 9780691096773
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Roman Eyes by : Jaś Elsner

In Roman Eyes, Jas Elsner seeks to understand the multiple ways that art in ancient Rome formulated the very conditions for its own viewing, and as a result was complicit in the construction of subjectivity in the Roman Empire. Elsner draws upon a wide variety of visual material, from sculpture and wall paintings to coins and terra-cotta statuettes. He examines the different contexts in which images were used, from the religious to the voyeuristic, from the domestic to the subversive. He reads images alongside and against the rich literary tradition of the Greco-Roman world, including travel writing, prose fiction, satire, poetry, mythology, and pilgrimage accounts. The astonishing picture that emerges reveals the mindsets Romans had when they viewed art--their preoccupations and theories, their cultural biases and loosely held beliefs. Roman Eyes is not a history of official public art--the monumental sculptures, arches, and buildings we typically associate with ancient Rome, and that tend to dominate the field. Rather, Elsner looks at smaller objects used or displayed in private settings and closed religious rituals, including tapestries, ivories, altars, jewelry, and even silverware. In many cases, he focuses on works of art that no longer exist, providing a rare window into the aesthetic and religious lives of the ancient Romans.

Bibliographic Guide to Psychology

Bibliographic Guide to Psychology
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015064461166
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Bibliographic Guide to Psychology by : New York Public Library. Research Libraries