A Mania of Love

Fiction & Literature, Anthologies, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Classics
Cover of the book A Mania of Love by J N Pratley, Xlibris US
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: J N Pratley ISBN: 9781514420218
Publisher: Xlibris US Publication: November 30, 2015
Imprint: Xlibris US Language: English
Author: J N Pratley
ISBN: 9781514420218
Publisher: Xlibris US
Publication: November 30, 2015
Imprint: Xlibris US
Language: English

Plato proclaims two kinds of mania: one arising from disease, the other from love. Clarence, a bipolar classics professor, conjoins them while on sabbatical on the mystical Greek island of Hydra. His love affair with a seductive French waitress becomes pathological when she threatens with blackmail the professor's marriage with his beloved wife. To escape her clutches, he resorts to a violent solution, justified on the ancient beliefs of the poet Archilochus and of death-life transformations by Asklepios, the father of psychiatry. The method is macabre, worthy of a Euripides tragedy, but Clarence, because of his mental condition and classical idealism, represses all memory of his heinous deed. It remains for the inspector from Athens to determine whether Clarence has moral justification or whether he has to pay for his infidelity.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Plato proclaims two kinds of mania: one arising from disease, the other from love. Clarence, a bipolar classics professor, conjoins them while on sabbatical on the mystical Greek island of Hydra. His love affair with a seductive French waitress becomes pathological when she threatens with blackmail the professor's marriage with his beloved wife. To escape her clutches, he resorts to a violent solution, justified on the ancient beliefs of the poet Archilochus and of death-life transformations by Asklepios, the father of psychiatry. The method is macabre, worthy of a Euripides tragedy, but Clarence, because of his mental condition and classical idealism, represses all memory of his heinous deed. It remains for the inspector from Athens to determine whether Clarence has moral justification or whether he has to pay for his infidelity.

More books from Xlibris US

Cover of the book The Chess Master by J N Pratley
Cover of the book Art with a Story Iii by J N Pratley
Cover of the book A Fine Excess: an Australian Odyssey by J N Pratley
Cover of the book Guest Who’S Sleeping in My Bed? by J N Pratley
Cover of the book Where Has God Gone? by J N Pratley
Cover of the book A Dove Among Hawks by J N Pratley
Cover of the book Dictionary of Saints by J N Pratley
Cover of the book A Conspiracy of Silence by J N Pratley
Cover of the book Isn't She Something? by J N Pratley
Cover of the book Dreams, Poems and Short Stories by J N Pratley
Cover of the book The Sarsaparilla Souvenir by J N Pratley
Cover of the book The War on Mites by J N Pratley
Cover of the book Ripple by J N Pratley
Cover of the book Virgil's Story by J N Pratley
Cover of the book Some of America Traversed by J N Pratley
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy