The Myth Of The Birth Of The Hero: A Psychological Exploration Of Myth
ISBN: 0801878837
EAN13: 9780801878831
Language: English
Release Date: Oct 6, 2004
Pages: 200
Dimensions: 0.9" H x 9" L x 6.3" W
Weight: 0.95 lbs.
Format: Hardcover
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First published in German in 1909, Otto Rank's original>The Myth of the Birth of the Hero offered psychoanalytical interpretations of mythological stories as a means of understanding the human psyche. Like his mentor Sigmund Freud, Rank compared the myths of such figures as Oedipus, Moses, and Sargon with common dreams, seeing in both a symbolic fulfillment of repressed desire. In a new edition published thirteen years after the original, Rank doubled the size of his seminal work, incorporating new discoveries in psychoanalysis, mythology, and ethnology.

This expanded and updated edition has been eloquently translated by Gregory C. Richter and E. James Lieberman and includes an introductory essay by Robert A. Segal as well as Otto Rank's 1914 essay The Play in>Hamlet.

Otto Rank (1884-1939), one of the most important figures in psychoanalysis, was the author of The>Incest Theme in Literature and Legend: Fundamentals of a Psychology of Literary Creation and>Psychology and the Soul: A Study of the Origin, Conceptual Evolution, and Nature of the Soul.Gregory C. Richter, PhD, is a professor of German and linguistics at Truman State University. E. James Lieberman, MD, is professor emeritus of clinical psychiatry and behavioral sciences at George Washington University. Robert A. Segal, PhD, is the Sixth Read More chevron_right

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