Facing Down The Furies: Suicide Ancient Greeks And Me Edith Hall Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays Literary Reference

An Award-Winning Classicist Turns To Greek Tragedies For The Wisdom Understand Damage Caused By Suicide And Help Those Who Are Contemplating Themselves “Remarkable Brave Compassionate ”—Rowan Williams New Statesman In Sophocles’ Tragedy Oedipus Tyrant A Messenger Arrives Report That Jocasta Queen Of Thebes Has Killed Herself Prepare Listeners This Terrible News He Announces “The Hurt Most Sufferers Have Chosen ” Edith Hall Whose Own Life Psyche Been Shaped Such Loss—Her Mother’s Grandfather Mother First Cousin All Took Their Lives—Traces Philosophical Arguments On From Plato Aristotle David Hume Albert Camus Deeply Personal Story Explores Psychological Inflicts Across Generations Relating It Ancient Idea Family Curse She Draws Parallels Between Characters Her Relatives Including Great-Grandfather Death Bore Similar Motivations Ajax: Both Men Were Overwhelmed Shame Humiliation Haunted Periodic Suicidal Urges Shows How Plays Sophocles Other Dramatists Helped Work Through Loss Grandmother Namesake Relationship With Solace Found Argues Can One Choose Survival Over Painful Adversity Offer Comfort Tragically Bereaved Σελίδες: 256 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0729 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm