Myth of the Birth of the Hero

A Psychological Exploration of Myth (Expanded and Updated)
Expanded and Updated Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4214-1843-8
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 336 g

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."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rank, Otto

Weitere Mitwirkende

Richter, Gregory C.

Lieberman, E. James

Segal, Robert A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introductory Essay by Robert A. Segal, Ph.D.
Translators' Introduction
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
1. Introduction
2. The Cycle of Myths
3. The Interpretation of the Myths
The Play within Hamlet
Understanding of the Work
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rank, Otto
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.

Lieberman, E. James
E. James Lieberman, MD, is professor emeritus of clinical psychiatry and behavioral sciences at George Washington University.

Richter, Gregory C.
Gregory C. Richter, PhD, is a professor of German and linguistics at Truman State University.

Segal, Robert A.
Robert A. Segal, PhD, is the Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen.

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 Century Chair in Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen.