Myth

Informationen zum Autor Laurence Coupe is Senior Lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is the author of Kenneth Burke on Myth , Marina Warner and Beat Sound, Beat Vision , and he is the editor of The Green Studies Reader . For further information on this author please see www.laurencecoupe.co.uk Klappentext 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 songexplores uses made of the term 'myth' within the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, cultural studies, feminism, Marxism and psychoanalysisdiscusses the association between modernism, postmodernism, myth and historyfamiliarizes 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 timedemonstrates 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. Zusammenfassung Offering a concise and illuminating introduction to the most important areas of myth, this fully updated and revised second edition contains new chapters and student-friendly features. Essential reading for students of any level wanting an introduction to the area. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Reading Myth 1.Order 2.Chaos 3.Endings Part II Mythic Reading 4.Truth 5.Psyche 6.History 7.Gaia Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Laurence Coupe, Laurence (Manchester Metropolitan Universit Coupe, Laurence (Manchester Metropolitan University Coupe, Coupe Laurence
• Assisted by: John Drakakis (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.2008
• EAN: 9780415442848
• ISBN: 978-0-415-44284-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: The New Critical Idiom; The New Critical Idiom
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: general, Literary theory