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Portrait of the Artist as Hermes: A Study of Myth and Psychology in Thomas Mann's Felix Krull

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Donald F. Nelson
1972
Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
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Within the framework of Jungian archetypal psychology and utilizing Karl Kerényi's theories on Hermes and the archetypal symbolism of mother and daughter, this book combines the mythopoeic and psychoanalytical approaches in interpreting Krull's development as both a mythic identification with Hermes and an odyssey into the archaic depths of the Collective Unconscious. As a counterpart to the thematic line of investigation, detailed stylistic analyses aim at pointing out significant correspondences between form and content.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Half-Title Page

pp. i

Series Page

pp. ii

Title Page

pp. iii

Copyright

pp. iv-vi

Dedication

pp. vii-viii

Preface

pp. ix-xii

Acknowledgments

pp. xiii-xiv

Contents

pp. xv

I. Introduction

pp. 1-4

II. Beyond Good and Evil

pp. 12-19

III. Hermaphroditus and the Primal Hermes

pp. 21-28

IV. Divine Androgyny and Self-Sufficient Narcissism

pp. 29-43

V. Diana the Provider

pp. 45-54

VI. The Eleusinian Mysteries Revisited

pp. 57-95

VII. Mercurius, Alchemy, and the Union of Opposites

pp. 99-106

VIII. The Dialectic of the Hermetic Style

pp. 107-127

Notes

pp. 129-142

Selected Bibliography

pp. 143-145

General Index

pp. 146-158
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