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Myth (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Myth (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Series: The New Critical Idiom
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Laurence Coupe offers students a comprehensive overview of the
development of myth, showing how mythic themes, structures and
symbols persist in literature and entertainment today. This
introductory volume: illustrates the relation between myth, culture
and literature with discussions of poetry, fiction, film and
popular song explores 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 familiarizes 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 demonstrates the growing importance of the green
dimension of myth. Fully updated and revised in this new edition,
Myth is both a concise introduction and a useful tool to students
first approaching the topic, while also a valuable contribution to
the study of myth.
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