Mortals and Immortals
Author | : Jean-Pierre Vernant |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1991-01-21 |
ISBN-13 | : 0691019312 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780691019314 |
Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mortals and Immortals written by Jean-Pierre Vernant and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1991-01-21 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean-Pierre Vernant has profoundly transformed our perceptions of ancient Greece. Published in 1991, this collection of nineteen essays probes deeply into themes of enduring interest--death, the body, the soul, the individual, and relations between mortals and immortals; the mask, the mirror, the image, and the imagination; the self and the other, and, more broadly, the concept of otherness itself, or "alterity."