{"product_id":"the-modern-construction-of-myth-9780253339966","title":"The Modern Construction of Myth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers an integrated critical account of the career of myth in modernity. This book examines the work of five theorists who attempt to come to terms with the lessons of the ideological critique and yet regard myth as a constructive phenomenon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVon Hendy (English, Boston College) begins his study with the 18th—century re—creation of the concept of myth and traces its development through three subsequent classes of theories, all deriving from the romantic or transcendental theory: the ideological, the folkloric, and the constitutive, each of which persists today. The book's organization is basically chronological, but, because of the complex interdisciplinarity of writings on myth, it is also partly taxonomic and partly evaluative. Whereas other mythographers tend to concentrate on the mature theories of the writers, Von Hendy explores the development of the theories and the influences on them. His grasp of the subject is masterful; his elucidation of the genealogy of the theories and his evaluation of them are exceptional in their comprehensiveness. His style, however, is unusually dense and laborious. Although there is some overlap with William Doty's Mythography: The Study of Myths and Rituals, (1986; 2nd ed., 2000), Jan de Vries' Forschungsgeschichte der Mythologie (1961), and The Rise of Modern Mythology 1680—1860, compiled by Burton Feldman and Robert Richardson (CH, Oct'72), Von Hendy's work is sui generis. More than a study of myth, it is an exploration of modern human cultural and intellectual history. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.\u003c\/p\u003e -- S. M. Most * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhereas other mythographers tend to concentrate on the mature theories of the writers, Von Hendy explores the development of the theories and the influences on them. His grasp of the subject is masterful; his elucidation of the genealogy of the theories and his evaluation of them are exceptional in their comprehensiveness. . . .July 2002\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreliminary Table of Contents:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne. From Fable to Myth\u003cbr\u003eTwo. The Invention of Myth\u003cbr\u003eThree. The Contest Between Myth and \"Suspicion\"\u003cbr\u003eFour. Myth As an Aspect of \"Primitive\" Religion\u003cbr\u003eFive. The Role of Depth-Psychology in the Construction of Myth\u003cbr\u003eSix. The Modernist Contribution to the Construction of Myth\u003cbr\u003eSeven. Neo-Romantic Theories of the Mid-Century I: Myth As Mode of Thought and Language\u003cbr\u003eEight. Neo-Romantic Theories of the Mid-Century II: Myth and Ritual in Quotidian Western Life\u003cbr\u003eNine. Folkloristic Myth in Social Anthropology I: Malinowski, Boas, and Their Sphere of Influence\u003cbr\u003eTen. Folkloristic Myth in Social Anthropology II: From Levi-Strauss to Withdrawal from Grand Theory\u003cbr\u003eEleven. No Two-Headed Greeks: The Folkloristic Consensus in Classical Studies\u003cbr\u003eTwelve. Myth and Ideology\u003cbr\u003eThirteen. Myth As Necessary Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400676680023,"sku":"9780253339966","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253339966.jpg?v=1730471268","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-modern-construction-of-myth-9780253339966","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}