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Modern Construction of Myth

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ISBN-10: 0253339960

ISBN-13: 9780253339966

Edition: 2002

Authors: Andrew Von Hendy, Andrew Von Hendy

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This discussion of the modern construction of myth during the 18th century explores the gradual transformation of the genre of the fable into what we know now as myth. It features a critical analysis of the major theorists of myth since the 18th century.
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Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 1/30/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 408
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.760

Andrew Von Hendy is Associate Professor of English at Boston College and author of articles on late medieval, early modern and nineteenth-century English poetry, drama, and fiction; on Northrop Frye's mythography; and on conceptions of myth among modernist poets and novelists of the early twentieth century

Acknowledgments
Introduction
From Fable to Myth
The Invention of Myth
The Struggle between Myth and "Suspicion"
Myth as an Aspect of "Primitive" Religion
The Role of Depth-Psychology in the Construction of Myth
The Modernist Contribution to the Construction of Myth
Neo-Romantic Theories of the Midcentury I: Myth as Mode of Thought and Language
Neo-Romantic Theories of the Midcentury II: Myth and Ritual in Quotidian Western Life
Folkloristic Myth in Social Anthropology I: Malinowski, Boas, and Their Spheres of Influence
Folkloristic Myth in Social Anthropology II: From Levi-Strauss to Witchdrawal from Grand Theory
No Two-Headed Greeks: The Folkloristic Consensus in Classical Studies
Myth and Ideology
Myth as Necessary Fiction
Notes
Works Cited
Index