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In "Theorizing Myth", Bruce Lincoln traces the way scholars and others have used the category of "myth" to fetishize or deride certain kinds of stories, usually those told by others.

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Preface I: Mythos among the Greeks 1. The Prehistory of Mythos and Logos 2. From Homer through Plato II: A Modern History of Myth 3. The History of Myth from the Renaissance to the Second World War 4. Sir William's Myth of Origins 5. Nietzsche's "Blond Beast": A Genealogy 6. Dumezil's German War God III: New Directions 7. From the Second World War to the Present (and Possibly a Little Beyond) 8. Plutarch's Sibyl 9. Gautrek's Saga and the Gift Fox 10. Once Again, the Bovine's Lament 11. The Pandits and Mr. Jones Epilogue: Scholarship as Myth Notes Index

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/13/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226482019, 978-0226482019
      ISBN10: 0226482014
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In "Theorizing Myth", Bruce Lincoln traces the way scholars and others have used the category of "myth" to fetishize or deride certain kinds of stories, usually those told by others.

      Table of Contents
      Preface I: Mythos among the Greeks 1. The Prehistory of Mythos and Logos 2. From Homer through Plato II: A Modern History of Myth 3. The History of Myth from the Renaissance to the Second World War 4. Sir William's Myth of Origins 5. Nietzsche's "Blond Beast": A Genealogy 6. Dumezil's German War God III: New Directions 7. From the Second World War to the Present (and Possibly a Little Beyond) 8. Plutarch's Sibyl 9. Gautrek's Saga and the Gift Fox 10. Once Again, the Bovine's Lament 11. The Pandits and Mr. Jones Epilogue: Scholarship as Myth Notes Index

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