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>