Myth Laurence Coupe (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

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SérieThe New Critical Idiom

Résumé

An indispensable overview of the evolution of myth, from ancient Greek definitions to those of contemporary thinkers.

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Myth Laurence Coupe (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

Laurence Coupe offers students a crucial overview of the evolution of 'myth', from the ancient Greek definitions to those of a range of contemporary thinkers. This introductory volume:

provides an introduction to both the theory of myth and the making of myth
explores the uses made of the term 'myth' within the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, cultural studies, feminism, Marxism and psychoanalysis
discusses the association between modernism, postmodernism, myth and history
familiarises the reader with themes such as the dying god, the quest for the grail, the relation between 'chaos' and 'cosmos', and the vision of the end of time
illustrates the relation between myth, culture and literature with discussions of poetry, fiction, film and popular song.

À propos de Laurence Coupe (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

Laurence Coupe is a senior lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is interested in themes of mythology and ecology in contemporary literature and culture and his publications with Routledge include Kenneth Burke on Myth (2005) and The Green Studies Reader (2000).

Sommaire

Introduction: Perfection, Paradigm, Possibility, The Myth of Mythlessness Part I: Reading Myth 1. Order, Dying Gods, Words and the Word, The Mythical Method 2. Chaos, The Comic Vision, Singer as Shaman, The Sacred and the Profane, The Heart-of-Darkness Trip 3. Ends, The Circuitous Quest, The Rhetoric of Revelation, Apocalypse without Apocalypse Part II: Mythic Reading 4. Realism and Non-Realism, Allegory: The Perspective of Perfection, Radical Typology: Permanent Possibility, Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment 5. Psyche, The Primal Crime, The Search for the Self, The Grammar of the Mind 6. History, Criticism as Romance, A Single Story?, In the Labyrinth

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GOR001790768

ISBN 13

9780415134941

ISBN 10

0415134943

Titre

Myth Laurence Coupe (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

Auteur

Laurence Coupe (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

Série

The New Critical Idiom

État

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Éditeur

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Année de publication

19970911

Nombre de pages

236

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