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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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Part 1 Mythos among the Greeks: the prehistory of mythos and logos; from Homer through Plato. Part 2 A modern history of myth: the history of myth from the Renaissance to World War II; Sir William's myth of origins; Nietzsche's "Blond Beast" - a genealogy; Dumezil's German war God. Part 3 New directions: from World War II to the present (and possibly a little beyond); Plutarch's Siby; Gautrek's saga and the gift fox; once again, the Bovine's Lament; the Pandits and Mr Jones; epilogue - scholarship as myth.

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 03/04/2000
    ISBN13: 9780226482026, 978-0226482026
    ISBN10: 0226482022
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    ELT & Literary Studies Literary theory

    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
    Part 1 Mythos among the Greeks: the prehistory of mythos and logos; from Homer through Plato. Part 2 A modern history of myth: the history of myth from the Renaissance to World War II; Sir William's myth of origins; Nietzsche's "Blond Beast" - a genealogy; Dumezil's German war God. Part 3 New directions: from World War II to the present (and possibly a little beyond); Plutarch's Siby; Gautrek's saga and the gift fox; once again, the Bovine's Lament; the Pandits and Mr Jones; epilogue - scholarship as myth.

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