240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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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:
illustrates the relation between myth, culture and literature with discussions of poetry, fiction, film and popular song
explores uses made of the term ‘myth’ within the fields of... Read more
Introduction Part I: Reading Myth 1.Order 2.Chaos 3.Endings Part II Mythic Reading 4.Truth 5.Psyche 6.History 7.Gaia Bibliography
Biography
Laurence Coupe is Senior Lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is the author of Kenneth Burke on Myth, Marina Warner and Beat Sound, Beat Vision, and he is the editor of The Green Studies Reader. For further information on this author please see www.laurencecoupe.co.uk
