Reading Lamentations

The book of Lamentations is full of imagery of the abandoned and abandoning mother. In this article, following on the work of Tod Linafelt, this is linked to Freud’s analysis of melancholia. The surviving voice in Lamentations turns the anguish of survival into an attack on the mother, reinforced by...

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Main Author: Pyper, Hugh S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2001
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2001, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-69
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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