Mythical Intentions in Modern Literature / / Eric Gould.

• VerfasserIn: Gould, Eric,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1981
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5076
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (290 p.)

Eric Gould revises some current assumptions in literary myth criticism, especially Jungian notions of the archetype and myth's immanence in literature that have dominated literary studies for so long. Working from structuralist theories of language, myth, and psyche, he defines myth as part of the symbolic order of language which grows out of the duplicity of the sign.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. On the Essential in Myth: Interpreting the Archetype -- Chapter 2. The Structural Model: Anthropology and Semiotics -- Chapter 3. Mythic Inversion and Abstraction: James Joyce -- Chapter 4. The Mythic and the Numinous -- Chapter 5. Recovering the Numinous: D. H. Lawrence and T. S. Eliot -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index