Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth by Dundes, Alan

Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520051928)

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Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth by Dundes, Alan

Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth

$30.95
Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth by Dundes, Alan

Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth

$30.95
Format: Paperback
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Alan Dundes defines myth as a sacred narrative that explains how the world and humanity came to be in their present form. This new volume brings together classics statements on the theory of myth by authors such as William Bascom, Jan de Vries, G. S. Kirk, James G. Frazer, Theodor H. Gaster, Mircea Eliade, Bronislaw Malinowski, C. G. Jung, and Claude L vi-Strauss.

Rather than limiting this collection to classical Roman and Greek mythology, Dundes gives the book a worldwide scope. The twenty-two essays by leading experts on myth represent comparative functionalist, myth-ritual, Jungian, Freudian, and structuralist approaches to studying the genre.

Author: Alan Dundes
ISBN-10: 0520051920
ISBN-13: 9780520051928
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 11/15/1984
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.95h x 5.93w x 0.87d
By Alan Dundes
By Alan Dundes
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Alan Dundes is Professor of Anthropology and Folklore, University of California, Berkeley, and author of numerous books on folklore, including La Terra in Piazza: An Interpretation of the Palio of Siena (California, 1975, 1982).

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