American Imago articles from March 1993

American Imago archives from March 1993

Greek tragedy, confusion, and Melanie Klein: or, is there an 'Oresteia' complex?
March 22, 1993... Oh, blank confusion! true epitome Of what the mighty City is herself. Wordsworth, The Prelude Over and over, throughout the Greek tragedies, in Aeschylus almost as much as Euripides, the characters express doubt about the...

Enjambment and the erotics of the gaze in Williams's poetry. (William Carlos Williams)
March 22, 1993... There is nothing more difficult than to write a poem. Take Dante and his Tuscan dialect--It's a matter of position. The empty form drops from a cloud, like a gourd from a vine; into it the poet packs his phallus-like ...

Resurrection and murder: an analysis of mourning (in memory of my father).
March 22, 1993... It is curious that Freudian psychoanalysis, a discipline dedicated to explicating the often-overlooked features of psychic. and social life, has yet to formulate an extensive theory of mourning. This oversight not surprisingly derives from...

Writing loss. (loss as a theme in the works of Elizabeth Bishop)
March 22, 1993... The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. -- Elizabeth Bishop A loss of something ever felt I -- The first that I could recollect ...

A hard nut to crack: evolving English metaphors for insanity in social-historical context.
March 22, 1993... The social sciences have traditionally made many attempts to understand the insane by analysis of the insane's complex, metaphorical use of language. Yet, only recently has the language of insanity's signifier (i.e., mental health professionals...