Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs, Volumen2Greenwood Press, 1988 - 1507 páginas
The powerful hold that literature exercises is based primarily on recognition--the reader's ability to identify with others through shared human concerns that transcend ttace, time, and cultural boundaries. These universal themes, and how they have been treated in literature from the classical period to the present, are the subject of the critical essays comprising this volume. A fascinating resource for students and general readers and an essential research tool for scholars in literature, it is the first thematic reference on this scale to be published in English. The dictionary consists of 143 essays contributed by 98 specialists in world literature. Topics covered include themes relating to adventure, family life, the supernatural, eroticism, status, humor, idealism, terror, and many other categories of human experience. Each entry begins with a defintion and a sketch on the origin and historical background of the literary theme. The topical essay discusses the significance and occurrence of the theme in world literature and supplies information on geographical area, genre, style, and chronology. Entries conclude with a selected bibliography of scholarship in the area. A cross-index to themes and motifs will enable the reader to find information on secondary or related topics. Convenient to use and presented in a standardized format, this major new reference will be an important acquisition for libraries with collections in English, American, and world literature. |
Contenido
CONTENTS | 676 |
Lesbianism | 747 |
Love in Greek and Roman Literature | 790 |
Masque or Mask | 827 |
Monsters | 870 |
Name and Naming | 885 |
Oedipus Complex | 929 |
Pact with the Devil | 941 |
Stupidity | 1234 |
Braggart 191 | 1236 |
Sublimity | 1243 |
Terror | 1255 |
Theatrical Absurdity | 1267 |
Time | 1270 |
Tower | 1280 |
Tragicomic Hero | 1286 |
Personality DoubleSplitMultiple | 963 |
The Pícaro in American Literature | 983 |
The Prostitute with a Good Heart | 998 |
Psychoanalysis of the Self | 1009 |
Religion in Science Fiction | 1057 |
Science | 1126 |
Search for Father | 1141 |
Secret Love | 1148 |
Seduction | 1158 |
Senex Amator | 1171 |
Sex Heterosexual Erotic | 1177 |
Shadow | 1195 |
Siren | 1210 |
Social Status of Hero | 1217 |
Birth of the Hero 175 | 1227 |
Travel | 1292 |
Underground Man | 1333 |
Unicorn | 1340 |
Universe | 1344 |
Utopia | 1350 |
Vampirism | 1373 |
Werewolf | 1383 |
INTRODUCTION BY FRANÇOIS JOST XV | 1389 |
Capitalism 207 | 1390 |
Comedy Comic Spirit 275 | 1391 |
Divine Tutor 395 | 1392 |
INDEX | 1401 |
Existentialism 485 | 1406 |
ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS | 1495 |
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