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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004720626_005

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This analysis of The Diabolic Tragedy represents a perhaps surprisingly aggressive critique of the shape the narrative takes in its published form. The commentary is powered by the psychoanalytical works of the Jungian Erich Neumann, and from that perspective only a couple of the story’s passages are of merit. It is argued that the scene in the palace gardens when the last man and woman address each other, and the Mother’s account of the future (the rehearsal she provides when addressing unrisen diablesses) are the only sections worthy of critical appraisal. The chief focus of the discussion is what happens between the time the last woman takes the life of the last man and the time when, once again, they find themselves in the palace gardens, the narrative having come full circle. The full life-story of the last man emerges as a variation on the myth of Oedipus. Venturing beyond this account of the story of the last man, the discussion proceeds with a discussion of a possible continuation of the story, in which the cyclical life of the last man is ultimately transcended. Still harnessing the mythography of Neumann, this piece goes on to suggest how the last man may escape his cycle of birth, death and rebirth through a particular choice made at the point of death. It is explained that in this last episode his story continues as Horus of Egyptian mythology.

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A Casebook Edition of The Diabolic Tragedy

Critical Essays and Translation

丛编： Mini-Monographs in Literary and Cultural Studies, 卷： 7

Cover A Casebook Edition of <i>The Diabolic Tragedy</i>

ISBN:: 9789004720626

出版社:: Brill

印刷出版日期:: 16 Jan 2025

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