| Description |
ix, 473 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Original Formulation of the Theory. 1. Lectures on the Religion of the Semites / William Robertson Smith -- Pt. II. Development of the Theory. 2. The Golden Bough / James Frazer. 3. Themis / Jane Harrison. 4. The Myth and Ritual Pattern of the Ancient East / S. H. Hooke -- Pt. III. Application of the Theory to the Ancient World. 5. Excursus on the Ritual Forms Preserved in Greek Tragedy / Gilbert Murray. 6. A Ritual Basis for Hesiod's Theogony / F. M. Cornford. 7. New Year Festivals / Ivan Engnell --Pt. IV. Application of the Theory Worldwide. 8. The Life-giving Myth / A. M. Hocart. 9. The Beginnings of Religion / E. O. James. 10. Myth in Primitive Psychology / Bronislaw Malinowski. 11. Myth and Reality / Mircea Eliade -- Pt. V. Application of the Theory to Literature. 12. The Hero of Tradition / Lord Raglan. 13. From Ritual to Romance / Jessie L. Weston. 14. The Archetypes of Literature / Northrop Frye. 15. The Ritual View of Myth and the Mythic / Stanley Edgar Hyman |
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16. The Idea of a Theater / Francis Fergusson. 17. The Myth and Ritual Approach to Shakespearean Tragedy /Herbert Weisinger. 18. What Is a Myth? / Rene Girard -- Pt. VI. Revisions of the Theory. 19. Thespis /Theodor H. Gaster. 20. Myths and Rituals: A General Theory / Clyde Kluckhohn. 21. Homo Necans / Walter Burkert. 22. Structure and Dialectics / Claude Levi-Strauss -- Pt. VII. Evaluations of the Theory. 23. The Dramas and Dramatic Dances of Non-European Races / William Ridgeway. 24. Introduction to Apollodorus, The Library / James Frazer. 25. The Evidence of Divine Kings in Greece / H. J. Rose. 26. The Myth and Ritual Position Critically Examined / S. G. F. Brandon. 27. The Myth-Ritual Theory / William Bascom. 28. The Ritual Theory of Myth / Joseph Fontenrose. 29. Prospects / H. S. Versnel |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Myth and ritual school -- History -- Sources.
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Myth.
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Ritual.
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| Author |
Segal, Robert Alan.
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| LC no. |
97020350 |
| ISBN |
0631206795 (alk. paper) |
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0631206809 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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