Psychoanalysis and the Patriarchal Tradition by Peter L. Rudn... - 9798765131138

Psychoanalysis and the Patriarchal TraditionAugustine to Milton\nAuthor(s): Peter L. Rudnytsky\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9798765131138, 979-8765131138\nSynopsis\nA work of feminist psychoanalytic literary criticism that offers original readings of early canonical works of the Western tradition.\n\nIn cogently argued and brilliant readings of texts ranging from St. Augustines Confessions to Miltons Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes, Psychoanalysis and the Patriarchal Tradition shows the ongoing cultural value of psychoanalytic approachesflexibly and critically appliedto the interpretation of major literary works. Peter L. Rudnytsky makes a persuasive and striking case for tracing significant connections between the Judeo-Christian story of the Fall and the Greek myth of Oedipus: Proposing that the Oedipus complex can be viewed as the latent content of the Fall, Rudnytsky at once re.