| In the Embrace of the Swan Contributor(s): Görner, Rüdiger (Editor), Nicholls, Angus (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110209586 ISBN-13: 9783110209587 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $266.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | European - German - Social Science |
| Dewey: 840.915 |
| Series: Spectrum Literaturwissenschaft/Spectrum Literature |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (1.54 lbs) 404 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Myths determine the way cultures understand themselves. The papers in this volume examine culturally specific myths in Britain and the German-speaking world, and compare approaches to the theory of myth, together with the ways in which mythological formations operate in literature, aesthetics and politics- with a focus on the period around 1800. They enquire into the consequences of myth-oriented discourses for the way in which these two cultures understand each other, and in this way make a significant contribution to a more profound approach to intercultural research. |