| Description |
1 online resource (938 pages) |
| Series |
Theorists of Myth |
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Theorists of myth.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Biographical Note; Preface to the Russian Edition (1976); Part I: Modern Theories of Myth and Approaches to Literature; Historical Overview; Remythification in Philosophy and in the Study of Culture; Ritualism and Functionalism; The French Sociological School; The Symbolic Theories; Analytical Psychology; Structuralism; Myth, Ritual, Archetypes, and Literary Criticism; Mythopoetics in Russian and Soviet Thought; Preliminary Conclusions; Notes to Part I |
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Part II: The Classic Forms of Myth and Their Expression in Narrative FolklorePreliminary Observations; The General Characteristics of Mythological Thought; The Functional Orientation of Myth; Mythical Time and Its Paradigms; Ancestors, Demiurges, Culture Heroes; Archaic Creation Myths; The Origins of Society; Chaos, Order, and the Creation of the Universe; The Cosmic Model; Seasonal Myths; Cosmic Cycles and the End of the Universe; Heroic Myths and Rites of Passage; The Semantics of Mythical Plots and Systems; Myth, Tale, Epic; Notes to Part II |
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Part III: Mythification in Twentieth-Century LiteratureHistorical Introduction; The Mythological Novel in the Twentieth Century: Some Preliminary Observations; An Antithesis: Joyce and Mann; Kafka's Mythopoetics; Various Aspects of Mythification in the Contemporary Novel; Notes to Part III; Bibliography; Appendices; Subject Index and Glossary; Index of Literary Works; Name Index |
| Summary |
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135599133 |
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1135599130 |
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