Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is one of the towering works of the human imagination; a play that has captivated audiences and readers alike for centuries. In Freud’s hands, the play became an illustration of ...

The following content is purely satirical and entirely fictional. Several students on campus completing the Humanities (HUM) sequence have recently reported developing psychological symptoms in line ...

‘GOOD morning, Mr. P,’ said Mr. Pollfax, rinsing and drying his hands after the last patient. ‘How’s Mr. P?’ I was always ‘Mr. P’ until I sat in the chair and he had switched the lamp on and had my ...

The power of Oedipus Complex lies in its storytelling: in recounting the events that expose Oedipus’ secret sin, often in extended passages of richly textured choral speaking, the actors deliver the ...

Louise Bourgeois did not trust words; this is what numerous articles and essays about the artist will tell you. That fact is also mentioned at “Louise Bourgeois: Freud’s Daughter,” a new exhibit at ...

Incendiary drama has just stepped up a gear now that the National Theatre’s hotly anticipated revival of Sophocles’ Oedipus has arrived on the Olivier stage starring Ralph Fiennes, Clare Higgins and ...

While scholars and cultural critics have been writing serious think pieces about Prince Harry’s memoir “Spare,” particularly the potential historical significance of his insights into the allegedly ...

There are more than thirty full-length biographies of Sigmund Freud in circulation today. Why keep writing them? Generally, there are two justifications for a new biography: an obscure archive may ...

It's easy to see why the ill-fated King Oedipus was a favorite plaything of the gods. Though most people would jump off a bridge once the whole you'll-kill-your-father-and-marry-your-mother prophecy ...