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About the Author
Vered Lev Kenaan is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of Haifa. As an interpreter of culture and myths, her writing centres on the relationships between psychoanalysis and literature, intertextuality and the interpretation of dreams, textuality and gender: her book, Pandora's Senses: The Feminine Character of the Ancient Text (Wisconsin, 2008) interprets the myth of the first woman and shows how femininity is embedded in canonical texts reflecting male hegemony. Her investigations of Greek and Roman mythology led to the creation of a series of public lectures at the University of Haifa dedicated to the contribution of myth to the humanities, the arts, and the social sciences. She is the chief editor of a book series 'Myth in the Humanities' published by Haifa University Press and Pardes Publishing House, and is also editor of the journal Dappim: Research in Literature.
Reviews
Any one of the sections, indeed some of the sub-sections, are rich enough to have been the subject of a stand-alone study ... Wrestling with a multitude of passages from ancient authors, Lev Kenaan's arguments are never lame and at no time is this compelling study dull or repetitive. Quite the contrary. Wearing her not inconsiderable erudition lightly, Lev Kenaan is often eloquent and she has given us a very good book indeed. * John Gale, British Journal of Psychotherapy *
...this elegant and sophisticated journey around filiation is an engaging and forceful book that deserves a wide and mixed audience. * Simon Goldhill, Psychoanalysis and History *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198866879
Author Vered Lev Kenaan
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 137mm * 14mm