Burzynski, Jan.
Myths in Disguise. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (202 pages) - Cross-Roads Series ; v.10 . - Cross-Roads Series .
Cover -- Copyright information -- Contents -- 1 The mask of Dionysus -- 1.1 Myth and cultural equations -- 1.2 In the circle of Nietzsche -- 1.3 Allegro barbaro -- 1.4 The historiosophical metaphor -- 1.5 Poetry and the agora -- 1.6 Dionysus in place of Tyrtaeus -- 1.7 Epilepsy -- 2 Narcissus and his reflections -- 2.1 "A song that runs through the ages" -- 2.2 The symbolist Narcissus -- 2.3 The humble Polish Narcissus -- 2.4 A weird adventure -- 3 That ridiculous Prometheus -- 3.1 An ambiguous hero -- 3.2 On Parisian boulevards -- 3.3 Un-Promethean Prometheus -- 4 A portrait of Marcolf -- 4.1 Superiority in inferiority -- 4.2 The great debate -- 4.3 The ritual clown -- 4.4 Marcolf on the throne -- 5 Labyrinth - the space of alienation -- 5.1 The labyrinth constructed in words -- 5.2 Various closings and openings -- 5.3 Works stretched on myth -- 5.4 City -- 5.5 Prison -- 5.6 The labyrinth of Babel -- 5.7 Internal labyrinths -- 5.8 Labyrinthine storytelling -- 5.9 Claustrophobic view of the world -- Appendix: Richard III and Prometheus - on New Liberation by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz -- Richard III and Prometheus - on New Liberation by Stanis�aw Ignacy Witkiewicz -- Bibliographical note -- Cross-Roads.
This book presents a collection of essays discussing the history of the five myths of Dionysus, Narcissus, Prometheus, Marcolf, and Labyrinth in twentieth-century literature. The author traces their transformations against the wider backdrop of Polish and European literature.
9783653068719
Electronic books.
Myths in Disguise. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (202 pages) - Cross-Roads Series ; v.10 . - Cross-Roads Series .
Cover -- Copyright information -- Contents -- 1 The mask of Dionysus -- 1.1 Myth and cultural equations -- 1.2 In the circle of Nietzsche -- 1.3 Allegro barbaro -- 1.4 The historiosophical metaphor -- 1.5 Poetry and the agora -- 1.6 Dionysus in place of Tyrtaeus -- 1.7 Epilepsy -- 2 Narcissus and his reflections -- 2.1 "A song that runs through the ages" -- 2.2 The symbolist Narcissus -- 2.3 The humble Polish Narcissus -- 2.4 A weird adventure -- 3 That ridiculous Prometheus -- 3.1 An ambiguous hero -- 3.2 On Parisian boulevards -- 3.3 Un-Promethean Prometheus -- 4 A portrait of Marcolf -- 4.1 Superiority in inferiority -- 4.2 The great debate -- 4.3 The ritual clown -- 4.4 Marcolf on the throne -- 5 Labyrinth - the space of alienation -- 5.1 The labyrinth constructed in words -- 5.2 Various closings and openings -- 5.3 Works stretched on myth -- 5.4 City -- 5.5 Prison -- 5.6 The labyrinth of Babel -- 5.7 Internal labyrinths -- 5.8 Labyrinthine storytelling -- 5.9 Claustrophobic view of the world -- Appendix: Richard III and Prometheus - on New Liberation by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz -- Richard III and Prometheus - on New Liberation by Stanis�aw Ignacy Witkiewicz -- Bibliographical note -- Cross-Roads.
This book presents a collection of essays discussing the history of the five myths of Dionysus, Narcissus, Prometheus, Marcolf, and Labyrinth in twentieth-century literature. The author traces their transformations against the wider backdrop of Polish and European literature.
9783653068719
Electronic books.