{"product_id":"myth-of-the-birth-of-the-hero-a-psychological-exploration-of-myth-expanded-and-updated-9781421418438","title":"Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Exploration of Myth (Expanded and Updated)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in German in 1909, Otto Rank's original \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of the Birth of the Hero\u003c\/i\u003e offered psychoanalytical interpretations of mythological stories as a means of understanding the human psyche. Like his mentor Sigmund Freud, Rank compared the myths of such figures as Oedipus, Moses, and Sargon with common dreams, seeing in both a symbolic fulfillment of repressed desire. In a new edition published thirteen years after the original, Rank doubled the size of his seminal work, incorporating new discoveries in psychoanalysis, mythology, and ethnology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis expanded and updated edition has been eloquently translated by Gregory C. Richter and E. James Lieberman and includes an introductory essay by Robert A. Segal as well as Otto Rank's 1914 essay \"The Play in \u003ci\u003eHamlet.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Otto Rank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421418438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOtto Rank (1884-1939), \u003c\/b\u003e one of the most important figures in psychoanalysis, was the author of The \u003ci\u003eIncest Theme in Literature and Legend: Fundamentals of a Psychology of Literary Creation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePsychology and the Soul: A Study of the Origin, Conceptual Evolution, and Nature of the Soul.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eGregory C. Richter, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of German and linguistics at Truman State University. \u003cb\u003eE. James Lieberman, MD, \u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of clinical psychiatry and behavioral sciences at George Washington University. \u003cb\u003eRobert A. Segal, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003e is the Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44435153617011,"sku":"9781421418438","price":52.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_309ae72e-8c95-487f-a6e5-8aeb46c0446f.jpg?v=1772806931","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/myth-of-the-birth-of-the-hero-a-psychological-exploration-of-myth-expanded-and-updated-9781421418438","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}