Seduction and the Secret Power of Women: The Lure of Sirens

Seduction and the Secret Power of Women: The Lure of Sirens and Mermaids
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An exploration of humanityâ€™s age-old fascination with Sirens

â€¢ Explains the Sirensâ€™ half-human, half-animal bodies as a metaphor for the psychological challenge that their myth has always embodied

â€¢ Fully illustrated in color with works by Rubens, Bosch, Munch, Magritte, and others

Their celestial voices drove mast-lashed Ulysses nearly out of his mind with libidinous promises as they beckoned him ever-closer to paradise--or a rocky death. With womanly torsos and animal lower halves, usually birds or fish, Sirens have long been symbols of the lure of desire--the feminine, as seducer--beckoning men to mystery beyond their ken, or to disaster. This book is both a celebration of Sirens and an examination of the psychology of dichotomy--the diametrically opposed drives and inherent conflicts underlying this female archetype.

Since antiquity, Sirens and their mermaid sisters have maintained an ongoing affair of the heart with humanityâ€™s greatest writers and artists. Sirens play important roles in the classical writings of Homer and Euripides, as well as in the modern works of James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats, and many others. Matching these writings with vibrant work from such artists as Peter Paul Rubens, Hieronymous Bosch, Edvard Munch, and RenÃ© Magritte, Meri Lao has created a feast for the eye. Exploring our 3,000-year-old relationship with Sirens, Lao reveals the secret of the power in their song: it is the sound of the subversive, luring us from the orderly conscious world down to the depth of the world of dreams, and the harder we try to ignore that singing, the more we desperately want to hear it.
Country USA
Brand Park Street Press
Manufacturer Park Street Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2007-10-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781594772016

Country	USA
Brand	Park Street Press
Manufacturer	Park Street Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2007-10-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781594772016

Seduction and the Secret Power of Women: The Lure of Sirens and Mermaids

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