Medea by Esa Roos - 9780367323158

Taylor & Francis

This book introduces the Euripides' Medea fantasy as an unconscious determinant of psychogenic sterility, a fantasy that forms an unrecognized part of the self-representation. It is addressed to people who are interested in womanhood, its fortunes and misfortunes, creativity and destructiveness. > This book introduces the Euripides' Medea fantasy as an unconscious determinant of psychogenic sterility, a fantasy that forms an unrecognized part of the self-representation. It is addressed to people who are interested in womanhood, its fortunes and misfortunes, creativity and destructiveness. > Series Editor\u2019s Foreword -- Introduction -- On the Medea fantasy -- The ever present tragedy of Medea: women\u2019s attack on their own creativity -- The age-old myth of Medea and the Medea of Lars von Trier: the story of a woman\u2019s love and compassion rejected -- Medea: maternal ambivalence -- Female destructiveness in fairy tales and myths -- Sister fantasy and sisterly love -- Coe