{"product_id":"psychoanalysis-and-the-patriarchal-tradition-by-professor-peter-l-rudnytsky-9798765131145","title":"Psychoanalysis and the Patriarchal Tradition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA work of feminist psychoanalytic literary criticism that offers original readings of early canonical works of the Western tradition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn cogently argued and brilliant readings of texts ranging from St. Augustine’s \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e to Milton’s \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eParadise Regained\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSamson Agonistes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePsychoanalysis and the Patriarchal Tradition\u003c\/em\u003e shows the ongoing cultural value of psychoanalytic approaches—flexibly and critically applied—to the interpretation of major literary works. Peter L. Rudnytsky makes a persuasive and striking case for tracing significant connections between the Judeo-Christian story of the Fall and the Greek myth of Oedipus. Proposing that the Oedipus complex can be viewed as the “latent content” of the Fall, Rudnytsky at once respects the explanatory power of these master-myths while he interrogates their claims to universality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing above all on Freud, Klein, Winnicott, and Lacan, Rudnytsky integrates a range of psychoanalytic perspectives with deconstruction, new historicism, and psychobiography to highlight issues of gender and sexuality not only in Augustine and Milton but also in Gottfried’s \u003cem\u003eTristan\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/em\u003e, More’s \u003cem\u003eHistory of King Richard III\u003c\/em\u003e, Shakespeare’s \u003cem\u003eOthello\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the poetry of Marvell and other 17th-century writers who exhibit the “dissociation of sensibility” Rudnytsky links to the execution of King Charles I.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough synthesis of psychoanalysis, feminism, and literary criticism, \u003cem\u003ePsychoanalysis and the Patriarchal Tradition\u003c\/em\u003e sheds new light on old masterpieces even as it reveals the contours of an entire tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455673581804,"sku":"9798765131145","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71ElO5wVNEL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774792348","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/psychoanalysis-and-the-patriarchal-tradition-by-professor-peter-l-rudnytsky-9798765131145","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}