Shame and suicide in Sophocles' Ajax

Psychoanalytic Quarterly

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 761-786

  Lansky, Melvin R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFLICT; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; NARCISSISM; SHAME; SUICIDE;

EID: 0029864542     PISSN: 00332828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21674086.1996.11927515     Document Type: Article

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