| Description |
x, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269) and index. |
| Contents |
The birth of tragedy, 1822-1897. An archaeology of heroes ; A prophecy of tragedy ; Fascism's Greek prehistory ; What Ariadne is -- Stand-up tragedy, 1851-1899. The dry smell of time ; Eastern questions ; The road to the labyrinth ; Greek defeat ; Reconstructing the nation -- Ariadne's lament, 1900-1913. Ariadne's throne ; The great Cretan mother ; Ariadne's dancing floor ; The making of a goddess ; The Villa Ariadne ; Cretan victory ; Ariadne in Chirico City -- The concrete labyrinth, 1914-1935. The throne room complex ; Captain of the blacks ; Court ladies ; Priest-king and cowgirls ; Lost boys ; The lady of sports ; The magic ring ; The psyche element ; Little souls -- Psyche's labyrinth, 1919-1941. Mythical method ; The decline of Crete ; Achilles' shield ; Freudian archaeology ; Psyche's muse ; Crete on the couch ; The battle of Crete -- The rebirth of comedy, 1942-1949. Psyche reborn ; Paradise before Eve ; Psyche rewritten ; The consort ; New Crete -- The birth of farce, 1950-2000. Romantic revivals ; The white goddess ; Black Athena ; The road back to war. |
| Subject |
Palace of Knossos (Knossos)
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Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941.
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Arts -- 20th century -- Greek influences.
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Modernism (Aesthetics)
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Archaeology and art.
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Archaeology -- Political aspects.
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| Spine Title |
Knossos and the prophets of modernism |
| ISBN |
9780226289533 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226289532 cloth alkaline paper |
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