Electra after Freud : myth and culture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Scott, Jill, 1968-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2005.
Series:	Cornell studies in the history of psychiatry.
Subjects:	German literature > 19th century > History and criticism. German literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Electra (Greek mythology) in literature. Psychoanalysis in literature.

Table of Contents:

Beyond tragic catharsis, Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Elektra
Shakespeare's Electra, Heiner Müller's Hamletmaschine
From pathology to performance, Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Elektra and Sigmund Freud's "Fräulein Anna O"
Choreographing a cure, Richard Strauss's Elektra and the ironic waltz
Oedipus endangered, Robert Musil's Man without qualities
Resurrecting Electra's voice, H.D.'s A dead priestess speaks
A poetics of survival, Sylvia Plath's Electra enactment
Conclusion, Electra and the new millennium.