Myth

<p>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:</p><ul> <li>illustrates the relation between myth, culture and literature with discussions of poetry, fiction, film and popular song</li> <li>explores uses made of the term ‘myth’ within the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, cultural studies, feminism, Marxism and psychoanalysis</li> <li>discusses the association between modernism, postmodernism, myth and history</li> <li>familiarizes 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 time</li> <li>demonstrates the growing importance of the green dimension of myth.</li> </ul><p>Fully updated and revised in this new edition, <em>Myth</em> 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.</p> <p>Introduction <strong>Part I: Reading Myth</strong> 1.Order 2.Chaos 3.Endings <strong> Part II Mythic Reading</strong> 4.Truth 5.Psyche 6.History 7.Gaia Bibliography </p>