Ring of power - Jean Shinoda Bolen
the abandoned child, the authoritarian father, and the disempowered feminine : a Jungian understanding of Wagner's Ring cycle
KORTE INHOUD
Jean Shinoda Bolen blended psychology and mythology to explore the lives of modern women and men in her acclaimed Goddesses in Everywoman and Gods in Everyman. Now she looks to the richly mythic, multigenerational family drama of the Ring Cycle operas for archetypal truths and liberating insights. Bolen shows how Wagner's ever-popular Ring Cycle articulates universal experiences and deep-seated longings by offering a mythology of the dysfunctional family and the patriarchal society in which the quest for power distorts personalities and relationships. We respond to the Ring because we recognize ourselves and our relationships in the Cycle's stern father, disempowered mother, abandoned children, and brave truth-tellers. Bolen vividly relates the events of the four operas and spotlights characters in ways that evoke the reader's identifications, memories, and healing emotions. Following the story, she offers psychological interpretations which amplify the Ring of the Nibelung as though it were a complex dream. ...
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1992 Uitgever: Harper San Francisco 245 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0062500864 ISBN-13: 9780062500861Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Goed Izgst. Mooi gebonden hardcover uitgave (1e druk 1992 ?), met stofomslag. Randen s.o. wat lichte onregelmatigheden, krasjes, doffe plekjes en een klein scheurtje bij rug en hoek. Bovenzijde snede wat 'iets stoffig'. Izgst. [Auteur: Jean Shinoda Bolen] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Harperone] [Jaar: 1992] [Titel: Ring of power]
