| Description |
xiv, 432 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. A definition of myth -- 2. Freud and Jung on myth: Psychoanalytic background -- 3. Myth and the unconscious: W.B. Yeats: myth as psychic structure -- Ezra Pound: the voice from Hades -- T.S. Eliot: the retreat from myth -- W.H. Auden: myth as analytic instrument -- 4. Myth and ritual: Golden bough: rite as social expression -- W.B. Yeats: prophecy and control -- Ezra Pound: rebirth and reversion -- T.S. Eliot: fulfillment through sacrifice -- W.H. Auden: "...homage by naming" -- 5. Myth and history: Cyclic view: Giambattista Vico and Oswald Spengler -- W.B. Yeats: history as symbol -- Ezra Pound: the Messianic vision -- T.S. Eliot: "...a pattern of timeless moments" -- W.H. Auden: unconscious forces in history. |
| Subject |
English poetry -- History and criticism.
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English poetry. |
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American poetry -- History and criticism.
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American poetry. |
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Civilization, Ancient, in literature.
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Civilization, Ancient, in literature. |
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American poetry -- Classical influences.
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English poetry -- Classical influences.
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English poetry -- Classical influences. |
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Mythology, Classical, in literature.
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Mythology, Classical, in literature. |
| ISBN |
0691062072 |
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9780691062075 |
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