{"product_id":"eros-in-mourning-henry-staten-9780801869990","title":"Eros in Mourning: Homer to Lacan","description":"Eros in Mourning begins with a reading of the Iliad that shows how Homer, not yet influenced by the ideology of transcendence, analyzes the structure of unassuageable mourning in a way that is as up-to-date as the latest poststructuralism. Then, in readings of Dante, Hamlet, La Princess de Cleves, Heart of Darkness, and Lacan, Staten depicts the \"thanatoerotic\" hysteria that is set off by the specter of the dead and decomposing body that is also the body of sexual love and whic, in the \"transcendentalizing\" tradition, is more female than male. Yet, St. John, certain troubadours, and Milton offer glimpses of a more affirmative relation to \"eros and mourning.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Staten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801869994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801869990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.71d","brand":"Henry Staten","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44245063368959,"sku":"9780801869990","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12d56f29-999d-4847-817f-f14f93791be9.jpg?v=1693925906","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eros-in-mourning-henry-staten-9780801869990","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}