Remembering Dionysus: Revisioning Psychology and Literature in C.G. Jung and James Hillman

by Susan Rowland and Susan Rowland

Book Overview

Dionysus, god of dismemberment and sponsor of the lost or abandoned feminine, originates both Jungian psychology and literature in Remembering Dionysus. Characterized by spontaneity, fluid boundaries, sexuality, embodiment, wild nature, ecstasy and chaos, Dionysus is invoked in the writing of C. G. Jung and James Hillman as the dual necessity to adopt and dismiss literature for their archetypal vision of the psyche or soul. Susan Rowland...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415855845
• ISBN13: 9780415855846
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"