Electra After Freud: Myth and Culture

by Jill Scott

"Electra's story is essentially a tale of murder, revenge, and violence. In the ancient myth of Atreus, Agamemnon returns home from battle and receives no hero's welcome. Instead, he is greeted with an ax, murdered in his bath by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover-accomplice, Aegisthus. Electra chooses anger over sorrow and stops at nothing to ensure that her mother pays. In revenge, Electra, with the help of her brother, orchestrates a brutal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801442613
• ISBN13: 9780801442612
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher