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The Myth of the Birth of the Hero

A Psychological Exploration of Myth

Otto Rank author E James Lieberman translator Gregory C Richter translator Robert A Segal editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Published:6th Nov '15

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First published in German in 1909, Otto Rank's original The Myth of the Birth of the Hero offered psychoanalytical interpretations of mythological stories as a means of understanding the human psyche. Like his mentor Sigmund Freud, Rank compared the myths of such figures as Oedipus, Moses, and Sargon with common dreams, seeing in both a symbolic fulfillment of repressed desire. In a new edition published thirteen years after the original, Rank doubled the size of his seminal work, incorporating new discoveries in psychoanalysis, mythology, and ethnology. This expanded and updated edition has been eloquently translated by Gregory C. Richter and E. James Lieberman and includes an introductory essay by Robert A. Segal as well as Otto Rank's 1914 essay "The Play in Hamlet."

ISBN: 9781421418438

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm

Weight: 295g

200 pages

Expanded and Updated Edition