The Muses on Their Lunch Hour

by Marjorie Garber

Book Overview

As a break from their ordained labors, what might the Muses today do on their lunch hour? This collection of witty, shrewd, and imaginative essays addresses interdisciplinary topics that range widely from Shakespeare, to psychoanalysis, to the practice of higher education today. With the ease born of deep knowledge, Marjorie Garber moves from comical journalistic quirks ("Fig Leaves") to the curious return of myth and ritual in the theories of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823273733
• ISBN13: 9780823273737
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"