Myths in crisis : the crisis of myth / / edited by José Manuel Losada and Antonella Lipscomb

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (471 p.)
• Disciplina: 291.130902
• Soggetto topico: Mythology - History - 20th century; Mythology - History - 21st century
• Persona (resp. second.): Losada-GoyaJosé-Manuel; LipscombAntonella
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This trilingual volume examines the extent to which myths are affected by the crises of the 20th and 21st centuries. It brings together four theoretical studies which analyse both the crisis of structure - implying the distortion or disappearance of myth - and the crisis of concepts and terminology that currently threaten the study of mythology.The largest section of the volume focuses on the crises that have affected ancient, medieval and modern literary myths from a global perspective, taking into account psychology, ethics, politics and contemporary meta-literature. The final section examin
• Titolo autorizzato: Myths in crisis
• ISBN: 1-4438-8202-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828766403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II