The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth and DramaCourier Corporation, 2013 M05 27 - 336 páginas His mother is a virgin and he's reputed to be the son of a god; he loses favor and is driven from his kingdom to a sorrowful death — sound familiar? In The Hero, Lord Raglan contends that the heroic figures from myth and legend are invested with a common pattern that satisfies the human desire for idealization. Raglan outlines 22 characteristic themes or motifs from the heroic tales and illustrates his theory with events from the lives of characters from Oedipus (21 out of a possible 22 points) to Robin Hood (a modest 13). A fascinating study that relates details from world literature with a lively wit and style, it was acclaimed by literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman as "a bold, speculative, and brilliantly convincing demonstration that myths are never historical but are fictional narratives derived from ritual dramas." This new edition of The Hero (which originally appeared some 13 years before Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces) is assured of a lasting popularity. This book will appeal to scholars of folklore and mythology, history, literature, and general readers as well. |
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... say that coming events cast their shadows before them, but what we really mean is that later events cast their shadows back over earlier ones. This lack of mental perspective, from which we all suffer, displays itself in the saying ...
... say that coming events cast their shadows before them, but what we really mean is that later events cast their shadows back over earlier ones. This lack of mental perspective, from which we all suffer, displays itself in the saying ...
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... says Mr. Fox writers. Strangways; “The4 folk have no sense of “there would be nothing improbable to them in St. George meeting Napoleon in the same ballad.” Sir E. K. Chambers tells us that in the Mylor (Cornwall) folk-play Porto Bello ...
... says Mr. Fox writers. Strangways; “The4 folk have no sense of “there would be nothing improbable to them in St. George meeting Napoleon in the same ballad.” Sir E. K. Chambers tells us that in the Mylor (Cornwall) folk-play Porto Bello ...
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... says Colonel MacNabb,8 writing of the Chins of Burma, “and is unable to exact his dues by force . . . and when at the feast his voice is no longer the loudest and his hand no longer the strongest, then his son gradually begins to take ...
... says Colonel MacNabb,8 writing of the Chins of Burma, “and is unable to exact his dues by force . . . and when at the feast his voice is no longer the loudest and his hand no longer the strongest, then his son gradually begins to take ...
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... says Dr. S. A. been prominent in the rise of history-writing, and Mesopotamian astrological tablets record, for the warning of all concerned, portents, signs, catastrophes.” Kings may have recorded their victories as a charm to secure ...
... says Dr. S. A. been prominent in the rise of history-writing, and Mesopotamian astrological tablets record, for the warning of all concerned, portents, signs, catastrophes.” Kings may have recorded their victories as a charm to secure ...
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... says:18 this “The question, existence so of a poem or story which deals with reminiscences of tribal conflicts necessarily presupposes an absorbing interest in tribal history.” He goes on to suggest that this interest could be due only ...
... says:18 this “The question, existence so of a poem or story which deals with reminiscences of tribal conflicts necessarily presupposes an absorbing interest in tribal history.” He goes on to suggest that this interest could be due only ...
Contenido
Hengist and Horsa | |
Cuchulainn | |
The Tale of Troy | |
Traditions of Other Lands | |
MYTH XI The Genesis of Myth | |
Myth and the Historic Hero | |
DRAMA XX The Basis of Drama | |
The Language of the Drama | |
Age and Time | |
Dress and Setting | |
Shapeshifting and Talking Animals | |
The Royal Hero | |
The Spielman XXVII The Ritual Drama | |
The Folktale | |
Myth and Ritual XIV Myth and Ritual continued | |
Myth and RitualThe Tale of Troy | |
The Hero XVII The Hero continued XVIII The Hero continued | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
Términos y frases comunes
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