Metamorphosis: The Mind in Exile
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Harvard University Press
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| Beschreibung: | Fusing the methods of comparative literature, intellectual history, and philosophical analysis, Skulsky explores a motif that has fascinated storytellers since antiquity: the miraculous transformation of a character into a plant, an animal, or a different human being. The thesis of the study is that the fantasy of metamorphosis challenges the narrator and his audience to confront certain basic anxieties about the human condition Fusing the methods of comparative literature, intellectual history, and philosophical analysis, Harold Skulsky explores a motif that has fascinated storytellers since antiquity: the miraculous transformation of a character into a plant, an animal, or a different human being. The thesis of the study is that the fantasy of metamorphosis challenges the narrator and his audience to confront certain basic anxieties about the human condition: Is the mind reducible to physical properties? What constitutes personhood? How does physical form affect personal identity and continuity of the self? Testing instances in which these and related perplexities appear in literature, Skulsky systematically and provocatively interprets ten major illustrative texts drawn from diverse epochs and languages, including the works of Homer, Ovid, Apuleius, Marie de France, Dante, Donne, Spenser, Keats, Kafka, and Woolf. Through Skulsky's masterly analysis the victims of metamorphosis in narrative literature--whether werewolf, ass, beetle, swine, or tree--provide a profound insight into the complexities of human experience |
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| spelling | Skulsky, Harold Verfasser aut Metamorphosis The Mind in Exile Harold Skulsky Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press [1981] 1 Online-Ressource (244p.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Fusing the methods of comparative literature, intellectual history, and philosophical analysis, Skulsky explores a motif that has fascinated storytellers since antiquity: the miraculous transformation of a character into a plant, an animal, or a different human being. The thesis of the study is that the fantasy of metamorphosis challenges the narrator and his audience to confront certain basic anxieties about the human condition Fusing the methods of comparative literature, intellectual history, and philosophical analysis, Harold Skulsky explores a motif that has fascinated storytellers since antiquity: the miraculous transformation of a character into a plant, an animal, or a different human being. The thesis of the study is that the fantasy of metamorphosis challenges the narrator and his audience to confront certain basic anxieties about the human condition: Is the mind reducible to physical properties? What constitutes personhood? How does physical form affect personal identity and continuity of the self? Testing instances in which these and related perplexities appear in literature, Skulsky systematically and provocatively interprets ten major illustrative texts drawn from diverse epochs and languages, including the works of Homer, Ovid, Apuleius, Marie de France, Dante, Donne, Spenser, Keats, Kafka, and Woolf. Through Skulsky's masterly analysis the victims of metamorphosis in narrative literature--whether werewolf, ass, beetle, swine, or tree--provide a profound insight into the complexities of human experience In English Imagination / History Romanticism / Great Britain Romanticism / Germany Empiricism / History Enlightenment / History Imagination / Histoire Siècle des lumières / Histoire Romantisme / Grande-Bretagne Romantisme / Allemagne Empirisme / Histoire Geschichte Philosophie Enlightenment Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) Création littéraire Empiricism Imagination Romanticism Creativiteit Verbeelding Verbeeldingskracht Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis) Romantiek Deutsch Englisch Literatur Romantik Theorie Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd rswk-swf Metamorphose Motiv (DE-588)4169647-5 gnd rswk-swf Deutschland Großbritannien 1\p (DE-588)4143413-4 Aufsatzsammlung gnd-content Metamorphose Motiv (DE-588)4169647-5 s Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 s 2\p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 978-0-674-42497-5 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674424982 Verlag Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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| title | Metamorphosis The Mind in Exile |
| title_auth | Metamorphosis The Mind in Exile |
| title_exact_search | Metamorphosis The Mind in Exile |
| title_full | Metamorphosis The Mind in Exile Harold Skulsky |
| title_fullStr | Metamorphosis The Mind in Exile Harold Skulsky |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metamorphosis The Mind in Exile Harold Skulsky |
| title_short | Metamorphosis |
| title_sort | metamorphosis the mind in exile |
| title_sub | The Mind in Exile |
| topic | Imagination / History Romanticism / Great Britain Romanticism / Germany Empiricism / History Enlightenment / History Imagination / Histoire Siècle des lumières / Histoire Romantisme / Grande-Bretagne Romantisme / Allemagne Empirisme / Histoire Geschichte Philosophie Enlightenment Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) Création littéraire Empiricism Imagination Romanticism Creativiteit Verbeelding Verbeeldingskracht Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis) Romantiek Deutsch Englisch Literatur Romantik Theorie Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd Metamorphose Motiv (DE-588)4169647-5 gnd |
| topic_facet | Imagination / History Romanticism / Great Britain Romanticism / Germany Empiricism / History Enlightenment / History Imagination / Histoire Siècle des lumières / Histoire Romantisme / Grande-Bretagne Romantisme / Allemagne Empirisme / Histoire Geschichte Philosophie Enlightenment Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) Création littéraire Empiricism Imagination Romanticism Creativiteit Verbeelding Verbeeldingskracht Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis) Romantiek Deutsch Englisch Literatur Romantik Theorie Metamorphose Motiv Deutschland Großbritannien Aufsatzsammlung |
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