Knossos and the prophets of modernism
By: Cathy Gere.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780226289533
Subjects: Evans, Arthur, -- Sir, -- 1851-1941; Palace of Knossos (Knossos); Arts -- 20th century -- Greek influences; Modernism (Aesthetics); Archaeology and art; Archaeology -- Political aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The birth of tragedy, 1822-1897; title: An archaeology of heroes; title: A prophecy of tragedy; title: Fascism's Greek prehistory; title: What Ariadne is; title: Stand-up tragedy, 1851-1899; title: The dry smell of time; title: Eastern questions; title: The road to the labyrinth; title: Greek defeat; title: Reconstructing the nation; title: Ariadne's lament, 1900-1913; title: Ariadne's throne; title: The great Cretan mother; title: Ariadne's dancing floor; title: The making of a goddess; title: The Villa Ariadne; title: Cretan victory; title: Ariadne in Chirico city; title: The concrete labyrinth, 1914-1935; title: The throne room complex; title: Captain of the blacks; title: Court ladies; title: Priest-king and cowgirls; title: Lost boys; title: The lady of sports; title: The magic ring; title: The psyche element; title: Little souls; title: Psyche's labyrinth, 1919-1941; title: Mythical method; title: The decline of Crete; title: Achilles' shield; title: Freudian archaeology; title: Psyche's muse; title: Crete on the couch; title: The battle of Crete; title: The rebirth of comedy, 1942-1949; title: Psyche reborn; title: Paradise before Eve; title: Psyche rewritten; title: The consort; title: New Crete; title: The birth of farce, 1950-2000; title: Romantic revivals; title: The white goddess; title: Black Athena; title: The road back to war.