Chapter 9 The Therapy of Oblivion, Unforgettable Pain, and the Odyssey’s End

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Series Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Note on Title, Texts, Transliterations, and Translations xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1 Homeric Psychology 21
8. Chapter 2 Treating Telemachus, Education, and Learned Helplessness 47
9. Chapter 3 Escaping Ogygia, An Isolated Man 71
10. Chapter 4 Odysseus’s Apologoi and Narrative Therapy 87
11. Chapter 5 Odysseus’s Lies 115
12. Chapter 6 Marginalized Agencies and Narrative Selves 149
13. Chapter 7 Penelope’s Subordinated Agency 175
14. Chapter 8 The Politics of Ithaca 203
15. Chapter 9 The Therapy of Oblivion, Unforgettable Pain, and the Odyssey’s End 241
16. Conclusion 275
17. Works Cited 291
18. Index of Ancient Passages 319
19. Index of Subjects 327