The Tragic Effect: The Oedipus Complex in Tragedy

by André Green

Book Overview

In this stimulating and wide-ranging 1979 study, Andr Green, the eminent French psychoanalyst, demonstrates the relevance of psychoanalysis to literary criticism. He interprets the Freudian theory of the Oedipus complex - in its 'negative' aspect of male hostility towards the female - in several of the great European tragedies, including Aeschlyus' Oresteia (where the son kills the mother), Shakespeare's Othello (where the husband kills the wife)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521144604
• ISBN13: 9780521144605
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"