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- Title
The Eternal Return Interrupted: the evolution of the myth of Cythera until today.
- Authors
LE JUEZ, BRIGITTE
- Abstract
What this article explores is how themyth of Cythera is developed and returns in French literature, and to what effect, through texts selected over several centuries until today. The literary myth of Cythera illustrates the notion of eternal return through its adherence to the ancient myth of Aphrodite, but it also subverts it in a way that pessimistically defies all possibility of cyclical recurrences of sacred times and heroic deeds.
- Subjects
APHRODITE (Greek deity); MYTH in literature; FRENCH literature; CHEVREL, Yves; THEOGONY (Poem : Hesiod)
- Publication
Journal of Comparative Literature & Aesthetics, 2017, Vol 40, Issue 2, p67
- ISSN
0252-8169
- Publication type
Article