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THE DISASTROUS LOVE AFFAIR OF MOON AND MARS

CELESTIAL SEX,
EARTHLY DESTRUCTION,
AND DRAMATIC SUBLIMATION
IN HOMER'S ODYSSEY:

by
ALFRED DE GRAZIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 TITLE PAGE & FOREWORD

 INTRODUCTION

Part. 1:
SACRED SCANDAL AND DISASTER


 Chapter 1. AN ATHENA PRODUCTION

 Chapter 2. THE SONG OF LOVE
THE SONG LITERALLY RENDERED IN ENGLISH VERSE
HAPPY ENDING
THE PHAEACIAN UTOPIA

 Chapter 3. THE LOVE AFFAIR AS THE MASK OF TRAGEDY
AN ANCIENT PRIEST EXPLAINS
THE HIDDEN STORY
AUTHOR'S CODA

 Chapter 4. CATASTROPHE AND SUBLIMATION
THE GENERAL THEORY OF CATASTROPHE
THE DISPLACEMENT OF AFFECTS

 Chapter 5. HOLY DREAMTIME
THE SCANDALOUS LITTLE PIECE
BURLESQUE OR RELIGION?
THE PIOUS DRAMATIST

Part. 2:
GODS, PLANETS, MADNESS

 Chapter 6. THE RAPE OF HELEN
THE INDESTRUCTIBLE LADY HELEN
THE AGE OF MARS

 Chapter 7. CRAZY HEROES OF DARK TIMES
THE SAGE WHO BRIDGED THE DARK AGES
SOCIETY IN SHOCK
THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE

 Chapter 8. THE TWO FACES OF LOVE
A MOST ANCIENT GODDESS
TURBULENT BIRTH IN MYTHS AND REALITY
ENCYCLOPEDISTS AND THE MOON GODDESS
THE COSMIC SPINNER
CONFUSION COMPOUNDED
A MATCH OF SOURCES
HOW TO NAME A PLANET?
THE ROMAN VENUS

 Chapter 9. THE RUINED FACE OF A CLASSIC BEAUTY
THE INNOCENT ASTRONAUTS
RADIOACTIVE CLOCKS
THE RILLES OF MOON

 Chapter 10. HE WHO SHINES BY DAY
THE EPITHETS OF VENUS
CONGENITALITY AND HOMOLOGY
ATHENA'S LAST BATTLES

APPENDIX TO Chapter 10
LOGIC OF IDENTIFYING RELATIONS SUCH AS "HEPHAESTUS IS ATHENA"

 Chapter 11. THE BLASTED CAREER OF THE MIGHTY
THE QUALITIES OF ARES
THE FATAL WOUND

 Chapter 12. THE LAUGHING GODS
MERCURY
APOLLO
POSEIDON
HELIOS
A DIVINE SENSE OF HUMOR

 Chapter 13. HOW THE GODS FLY
THE MOVEMENTS OF THE SCENARIO
ELECTRO-MECHANICS OF THE GODS

Part. 3:
THERAPY FOR GROUP FEAR


 Chapter 14. THE USES OF LANGUAGE
METER AND METAPHOR
HOMER: EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
TRADUTTORE TRADITTORE
THE THROES OF ORIGINAL PLOT
HUMAN STRESS AND LANGUAGE
THE RULES OF MYTHICAL LANGUAGE

 Chapter 15. THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF MEMORY
TRAUMATIC ORIGIN OF MEMORY
THE RULES OF MEMORY
FORGETTING
AMNESIAC PHILOSOPHERS

 Chapter 16. THE TRANSFIGURATION OF TRAUMA
DREAMWORK
SEXUALITY AND DISASTER
IN ILLO TEMPORE
THE KERNELS OF HISTORY

 Chapter 17. SETTLED SKY AND UNSETTLED MIND
WHAT HOMER REMEMBERED
THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE
A CLAIM OF SUCCESS
FROM SAVAGERY TO SUBLIMITY

 Appendix: CHARACTERS OF THE BOOK