In Hero-Ego in Search of Self, Judy Anne White offers a perceptive explanation for continued interest in the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. Building upon the earlier work of Jeffery Helterman and John Miles Foley, she argues that the sum of all confrontations between hero and monster in Beowulf equals the process of individual psychological development identified by Carl Jung as individuation. Dr. White's study proposes that the hero's struggle is the universal struggle towards self-knowledge - and that Beowulf thus resonates for the contemporary reader as it did for the poet's original audience.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN-13
9780820431154
eBay Product ID (ePID)
178055077
Product Key Features
Author
Judy Anne White
Publication Name
Hero-Ego in Search of Self: a Jungian Reading of Beowulf
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Psychology
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
123 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
230mm
Item Width
160mm
Volume
26
Item Weight
300g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Judy Anne White
Issn
0742-6712
Series Title
Studies in the Humanities Literature-Politics-Society