Myth and Literature

First published in 1975, Myth and Literature considers the points at which the concept of myth has entered literary imagination: the use of myth as an opening by writers, its exploration by critics as an interpretive device, and the analogy between sense-making functions of myth, fiction and literature itself.

Autorentext

William Righter

Klappentext

First published in 1975, Myth and Literature considers the points at which the concept of myth has entered literary imagination: the use of myth as an opening by writers, its exploration by critics as an interpretive device, and the analogy between sense-making functions of myth, fiction and literature itself.

Zusammenfassung
First published in 1975, Myth and Literature considers the points at which the concept of myth has entered literary imagination: the use of myth as an opening by writers, its exploration by critics as an interpretive device, and the analogy between sense-making functions of myth, fiction and literature itself.

Inhalt

Preface 1. The consciousness of myth 2. Myth and interpretation 3. The myth of myth Further reading