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Myth and Literature

By William Righter
Hardcover
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By William Righter
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First published in 1975, Myth and Literature considers three points at which the concept of myth has entered modern literary imagination: the use of myth – or atleast their understanding of myth -- as a creative opening by modern writers, its exploration by critics as an interpretive device, and the analogy between certain ‘sense-making’ functions of ‘myth’, ‘fiction’ and literature itself. All three of these roles show the gradual movement from a point of precise demand to a diffuse and va...

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LiteratureSocial SciencesFolklore & MythologyMythology - General & Miscellaneous