Sacred Narrative Readings In The Theory Of Myth

Author: Alan Dundes (Editor)

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Price : $50.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780520051928
Publisher : University of California Press
Imprint : University of California Press
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Weight (g) : 0.498952
Publication date : 31 October 1984
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Alan Dundes defines myth as a sacred narrative that explains how the world and humanity came to be in their present form. This new volume brings together classics statements on the theory of myth by authors such as William Bascom, Jan de Vries, G. S. Kirk, James G. Frazer, Theodor H. Gaster, Mircea Eliade, Bronislaw Malinowski, C. G. Jung, and Claude L vi-Strauss.Rather than limiting this collection to classical Roman and Greek mythology, Dundes gives the book a worldwide scope. The twenty-two essays by leading experts on myth represent comparative functionalist, myth-ritual, Jungian, Freudian, and structuralist approaches to studying the genre.

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