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February 22nd, 2010 Posted 2:09 am
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The Experiences of Tiresias
$23.95 In referring to the story of the shepherd struck blind after glimpsing Athena's naked body, author Nicole Loraux turns to epic and to Socrates to explores how the Greek male defined himself in relationship to the feminine. Loraux shows how official discourse in ancient Greece aimed at protecting the ideals of male identity from any "taint" of the feminine.... |
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Svengali's Web: The Alien Enchanter in Modern Culture
$0.91 From the immediate success of George Du Maurier's 1894 book Trilby came a transatlantic sensation of all things Trilby- sausages, hats, candies, even a town in Florida. Trilby has faded now, leaving behind in its wake pervasive lingering traces of Svengali, the dark character who crossed from his role as a charismatic Jewish musician who hypnotised and exploited a young woman, into a cultural ico... |
