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'Oedipus Tyrannus' by the great tragedian Sophocles is one of the most famous works of ancient Greek literature. The play has always been admired for the tight unity of its plot; every bit of every scene counts towards the dramatic effect. Sophocles gives no answer as to why Oedipus is made to suffer his tragic fate. He simply shows us how human life is; how even a great and good man can be brought to the utmost misery through no fault of his own. The gods may, for no apparent reason, deal out unbelievable suffering, but humankind can survive it. Jenny March's new facing-page translation brings alive the power and complexities of Sophocles' writing, with a substantial introduction and a detailed commentary.

Sophocles --- Oedipus --- incest --- myth --- Greek tragedy --- Thebes --- blindness --- parricide

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"Drawing on feminist psychoanalysis and Greek mythology, La madre muerta explores how matricide and unconscious matricidal fantasies have been portrayed in Spanish narrative, drama, and film. The book examines individual and social perceptions regarding gendered subjectivity, the operation of power relations, gender violence, and the economies of desire. It provides a comparative study of different theoretical approaches to matricide and a close reading of five films--Furtivos (1975) by José Luis Borau, Sonámbulos (1978) by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, La madre muerta (1993) by Juanma Bajo Ulloa, La madre (1995) by Miguel Bardem, and Los ojos de Julia (2010) by Guillem Morales; three novels--La familia de Pascual Duarte (1942) by Camilo José Cela, Isabel and Maria (1992) by Mercé Rodoreda, and La intimidad (1997) by Nuria Amat; and two plays--Clitemnestra (1986) by María José Ragué i Arias, and La reivindicació de la senyora Clito Mestres (1990) by Monserrat Roig. This study attempts to unveil the mechanisms by which the matricidal myth has been introduced and continues operative in twentieth and twenty-first century Spanish literature and film. It also explores the process of continuous reprojection of a phobic, monstrous mother figure associated with danger, persecution, and abjection, and suggests that the male fantasy of matricide does not necessarily reveal itself in the literal murder of the mother, but it is projected onto other women, thus leading to various acts of gender violence. In this study, Gómez claims that the absence of a positive symbolic mediation with the maternal body is detrimental for the configuration of gendered identities."--

Parricide in motion pictures. --- Mothers in motion pictures. --- Motion pictures --- Parricide in literature. --- Mothers in literature. --- Spanish literature --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- History --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Mothers in literature --- Parricide in literature --- Mothers in motion pictures --- Parricide in motion pictures

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This study is about juvenile and adult sons and daughters who kill their parents. It moves far behind the statistical correlates of parricide by synthesizing the professional literature on parricide in general, matricide, patricide, double parricides, and familicides. The book explains the reasons behind the killings and includes in-depth discussion of issues related to prosecuting and defending parricide offenders. The book is enriched with its focus on clinical assessment, case studies, and follow-up of parricide offenders, as well as treatment, risk assessment, and prevention.

Parricide. --- Family violence. --- Abused children. --- Mentally ill children --- Juvenile homicide. --- Parricide --- Family violence --- Abused children --- Juvenile homicide --- Juvenile murder --- Youth homicide --- Conduct disorders in children --- Homicide --- Emotionally disturbed children --- Psychotic children --- Child psychiatry --- Child psychopathology --- Developmentally disabled children --- Sick children --- Battered children --- Child abuse victims --- Maltreated children --- Victims of child abuse --- Children --- Victims of crimes --- Adult child abuse victims --- Child abuse --- Domestic violence --- Household violence --- Interparental violence --- Intrafamily violence --- Violence --- Matricide --- Patricide --- Treatment. --- Treatment

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A most thorough study of the Elizabethan Tragedy of Revenge, its origins, development, the ethical influence affecting it and the inter-relations of the plays. Originally published in 1966.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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