Expressions of Fear from Antiquity to the Contemporary World

Download or read book Expressions of Fear from Antiquity to the Contemporary World written by Ana-Cristina Halichias and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume offers a timely discussion of the feeling of fear, adopting a diachronic and complex perspective, taking into account its various forms, including its literary, mythological, anthropological, psychoanalytical, etymological, philosophical, theological, and historiographical representations, among others. It tackles the concept of fear in a range of time periods in cultural and literary history, from the Archaic Period and Greco-Roman Classical Antiquity to the modern and postmodern periods. As such, the volume marks an extremely relevant contribution to scholarship in the humanities, and will be of interest to scholars, professors, and students, as well as anyone interested in the analysis of profound human feelings.