Myth : a very short introduction / Robert A. Segal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Segal, Robert Alan, author.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 111.

Very short introductions ; 111

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myth.

Mythology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is not about myths, but about approaches to myth, from all of the major disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology. A survey of the past 300 years of theorizing on myth, this book takes into account the work of such prominent thinkers as Albert Camus, Claude Levi Strauss, Roland Barthes, C. G. Jung, and Sigmund Freud. Segal also considers the future study of myth, and the possible function of myth in the world as the adult equivalent of play.

Contents:

Introduction: theories of myth

Myth and science

Myth and philosophy

Myth and religion

Myth and ritual

Myth and literature

Myth and psychology

Myth and structure

Myth and society

Conclusion: the future of the study of myth.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-158) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-75261-0

0-19-151670-8

1-4294-5960-3

OCLC:

476259201