{"product_id":"euripides-freud-and-the-romance-victoria-pedrick-9780801885945","title":"Euripides, Freud, and the Romance of Belonging","description":"\u003cp\u003eFreud's interpretation of the ancient legend of Oedipus--as formulated in Sophocles' tragic drama--is among the most widely known concepts of psychoanalysis. Euripides' \u003ci\u003eIon\u003c\/i\u003e, however, presents a more complex version of the development of personal identity. Here, the discovery of family origins is a process in which parent and child both take part as distinct agents driven by their own impulses of violence and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEuripides, Freud, and the Romance of Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e studies the construction of identity and the origins of the primal trauma in two texts, the \u003ci\u003eIon\u003c\/i\u003e and Freud's case history of the Wolf Man. Victoria Pedrick challenges the conventional psychoanalytic theory of the development of the individual within the family, presenting instead a richer and more complex economy of exchange between the parent and the child. She provides a new perspective on Freud's appropriation of ancient texts and moves beyond the familiar reunion in Oedipus to the more nuanced scene of abandonment present in \u003ci\u003eIon\u003c\/i\u003e. Her parallel investigation of these texts suggests that contemporary culture remains preoccupied by the problems of the past in the determination of identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePedrick's fresh perspectives on both texts as well as on their relationship to each other shed new light on two foundational moments in the intellectual development of the West: Greek tragedy and Freudian psychoanalysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Pedrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801885949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801885945\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 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.27w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2008 pg. 300","brand":"Victoria Pedrick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48748343165183,"sku":"9780801885945","price":67.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/euripides-freud-and-the-romance-victoria-pedrick-9780801885945","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}