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The Archetype of the Dying and Rising God in World Mythology is the
first global treatment of the dying and rising god archetype since
that classification was called into serious doubt in the final
decades of the twentieth century. While assaults on the concept
have focused on the Classical and ancient Near Eastern (Biblical)
traditions, this study goes beyond but also includes these areas to
encompass world mythology. Beginning with an interrogation of the
most influential criticisms, the author then examines evidence for
the archetype's validity by analyzing dying and rising god myths
from ancient Near Eastern, Classical, and non-Classical sources
from around the world. He treats implications of the archetype for
religious studies, literature, and psychology, both in discussing
the myths themselves and in separate chapters dedicated to these
fields. The focused treatment on single myths makes this book a
useful reference source. At the same time, its inductive approach
to evidence provides a conclusive argument on the question with
applications that warrant reading it from cover to cover.
Additional distinctive features of this book include a thematic
interpretation of T. S. Eliot's Waste Land, a new perspective on
the Jungian archetypes, and a call for a neo-archetypal approach to
literary criticism.
This book is the first systematic study in decades of Malory's
development of his characters in the Morte Darthur. Focusing on
sixteen key figures in the most important medieval English
treatment of the Arthurian saga, it examines Malory's thematic
characterization of individual rulers, knights, and ladies in
keeping with the twin trajectories of his history of the Round
Table and fifteenth-century English history. Looking at how Malory
develops his characters as exemplars of kingship, knighthood, and
womanhood, the book traces the medieval author's exploration of the
values constituting chivalry as embodied in individual characters,
a process that enabled him to formulate a vision of those values
for his own troubled period of the Wars of the Roses. This book
further explores the contribution Malory's art of characterization
makes to the literary and aesthetic power of the Morte Darthur.
Each chapter's focus on individual characters makes the book not
only an integrated thematic overview, but also a useful reference
for focused study of particular Arthurian figures. As such, the
book is designed to meet the interests and needs of both
professional scholars and students of Arthurian and medieval
literature.
This book is the first systematic study in decades of Malory's
development of his characters in the Morte Darthur. Focusing on
sixteen key figures in the most important medieval English
treatment of the Arthurian saga, it examines Malory's thematic
characterization of individual rulers, knights, and ladies in
keeping with the twin trajectories of his history of the Round
Table and fifteenth-century English history. Looking at how Malory
develops his characters as exemplars of kingship, knighthood, and
womanhood, the book traces the medieval author's exploration of the
values constituting chivalry as embodied in individual characters,
a process that enabled him to formulate a vision of those values
for his own troubled period of the Wars of the Roses. This book
further explores the contribution Malory's art of characterization
makes to the literary and aesthetic power of the Morte Darthur.
Each chapter's focus on individual characters makes the book not
only an integrated thematic overview, but also a useful reference
for focused study of particular Arthurian figures. As such, the
book is designed to meet the interests and needs of both
professional scholars and students of Arthurian and medieval
literature.
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