Laurence Coupe offers students a crucial overview of the evolution of mythfrom the ancient Greek definitions to those of a range of contemporarythinkers. This i... » 

Laurence Coupe offers students a crucial overview of the evolution of mythfrom the ancient Greek definitions to those of a range of contemporarythinkers. This introductory volume provides an introduction to both the theory of myth and the making of myth explores the uses made of the term myth within the fields of literarycriticism anthropology cultural studies feminism Marxism and psychoanalysis discusses the association between modernism postmodernism myth and history familiarises the reader with themes such as the dying god the quest for thegrail the relation between chaos and cosmos and the vision of the end oftime illustrates the relation between myth culture and literature withdiscussions of poetry fiction film and popular song. «