Antique myth and modern mind: Jacques Lacan's version of Actaeon and the fictions of Surrealism1

Logan discusses the link between modernist thinking and ancient mythologies as pointed out in Jacques Lacan's essays on Greco-Roman literatures. Lacan remarks that psychoanalysis is the discipline, which reestablished the bridge linking modern man to the ancient myths.

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Published inJournal of modern literature Vol. 25; no. 3/4; p. 90
Main Author Marie-Rose, Logan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bloomington Indiana University Press 01.07.2002
Subjects
Bruno, Giordano (1548-1600)
Essays
Lacan, Jacques Marie Emile (1901-1981)
Mythology
Psychoanalysis
Source studies
Writers
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Summary:Logan discusses the link between modernist thinking and ancient mythologies as pointed out in Jacques Lacan's essays on Greco-Roman literatures. Lacan remarks that psychoanalysis is the discipline, which reestablished the bridge linking modern man to the ancient myths.
ISSN:0022-281X
1529-1464