1st Edition
Cultural Reflections of Medusa The Shadow in the Glass
PART I: The Myth
Introduction: The Shadow in the Glass
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1. The Modern Medusa
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2. The Historical and Mythical Origins of Medusa
Gaia the Primordial Goddess
The Medusa Head in Greek Myth
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3. Symbolism in the Medusa Myth
The Decapitated Head of Medusa
The Snake Archetype
The Rite of Passage
Philosophical Influences on the Symbolist Movement
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PART II: Symbolist Interpretations of Medusa
4. Jean Delville and The Idol of Perversity
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5. Franz von Stuck and Medusean Images in Paintings
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6. Edvard Munch and the Fatal Woman of Medusa
Early Influences on the Artist
Fru Heiberg
Munch in Paris
The Cat and Medusa Motifs
The Use of the Mask
The Medusa Head in Art
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PART III: Conclusion -
7. Medusa in the 21st Century
Nan Goldin and A New Vision of Medusa
8. Liz Craft and the All Knowing “I”
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Biography
Jennifer Hedgecock is Professor of English at Saddleback College and teaches Shakespeare’s plays, early British literature, and world literature. She has also taught at the University of California, Irvine and Michigan State University. Her publications include The Sexual Threat and Danger of the Femme Fatale in Victorian Literature (2008) and “William Blake and The Road to Hell: Demystifying the Cultural Iconoclasm of the Hells Angels,” in Rethinking Madness: Interdisciplinary and Multicultural Reflections (2019).
