Eros in Mourning: Homer to Lacan

by Henry Staten

Book Overview

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 Cl ves, Heart of Darkness, and Lacan, Staten depicts the "thanato-erotic" hysteria that is set off by the specter of the dead and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801869994
• ISBN13: 9780801869990
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher