Title:
Myth : a very short introduction / Robert A. Segal.
Author:
Segal, Robert Alan.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Call Number:
BL304 .S442 2004
Abstract:
This work is not about myths, but about approaches to myth, from all of the major disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology. The fate of the preternaturally beautiful Adonis is one of the main fables upon which Segal focuses.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0620/2004304591-t.html
ISBN:
9780192803474
Series:
Very short introductions ; 111
Very short introductions ; 111.
Physical Description:
163 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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.
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