The Luxury of Afterwards: The Christine Downing Lectures At San Diego State University 1995-2004

by Christine Downing

Book Overview

Christine Downing has graced the campus of San Diego State University, returning like Persephone each spring for the past ten years to deliver the annual lecture named in her honor. Printed here in their entirety, the talks are autobiographical, poetical, literary musings on the subjects that have occupied her for the past ten years, including the Holocaust, memory, the Bible, the Goddess, Martin Buber, Sigmund Freud, the myth of Orpheus, Greek tragedy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595310869
• ISBN13: 9780595310869
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"