Fire in the Dragon and Other Psychoanalytic Essays on Folklore - Rilegato

Roheim, Geza

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0691094713 ISBN 13: 9780691094717

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1992

Riassunto

The only Freudian to have been originally trained in folklore and the first psychoanalytic anthropologist to carry out fieldwork, Gza Rcheim (1891-1953) contributed substantially to the worldwide study of cultures. Combining a global perspective with encyclopedic knowledge of ethnographic sources, this Hungarian analyst demonstrates the validity of Freudian theory in both Western and non-Western settings. These seventeen essays, written between 1922 and 1953, are among Rcheim's most significant published writings and are collected here for the first time to introduce a new generation of readers to his unique interpretations of myths, folktales, and legends.

From Australian aboriginal mythology to Native American trickster tales, from the Grimm folktale canon to Hungarian folk belief, Rcheim explores a wide range of issues, such as the relationship of dreams to folklore and the primacy of infantile conditioning in the formation of adult fantasy. An introduction by folklorist Alan Dundes describes Rcheim's career, and each essay is prefaced by a brief consideration of its intellectual and bibliographical context.

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Contenuti:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Ch. 1	Psychoanalysis and the Folktale	3
Ch. 2	The Significance of Stepping Over	11
Ch. 3	Magic and Theft in European Folklore	19
Ch. 4	Myth and Folktale	29
Ch. 5	Saint Agatha and the Tuesday Woman	43
Ch. 6	The Story of the Light That Disappeared	59
Ch. 7	The Thread of Life	87
Ch. 8	The Bear in the Haunted Mill	103
Ch. 9	Culture Hero and Trickster in North American Mythology	115
Ch. 10	Tom, Tit, Tot	123
Ch. 11	Fire in the Dragon	129
Ch. 12	Mythology of Arnhem Land	139
Ch. 13	Fairy Tale and Dream	147
Ch. 14	The Wolf and the Seven Kids	161
Ch. 15	Hansel and Gretel	167
Ch. 16	The Language of Birds	171
Ch. 17	Dame Holle: Dream and Folktale (Grimm No. 24)	181
	Index	193

Dalla quarta di copertina:

"For those who have not previously read Róheim and who have at least an open mind on the possibility of applying psychoanalytic theory to folklore, you have an exciting intellectual treat in store for you. Once having read Róheim, you will never be able to look at folklore again as you did before exposure to these remarkable essays."--Alan Dundes, from the Introduction

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• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0691094713
• ISBN 13: 9780691094717
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Redattore: Dundes Alan