Comparative Criticism: Volume 21, Myth and Mythologies (Comparative Criticism, Series Number 21) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521652022 ISBN 13: 9780521652025

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Comparative Criticism addresses itself to the questions of literary theory and criticism, to comparative studies in terms of theme, genre movement and influence, and to interdisciplinary perspectives. This new volume takes 'Myth and mythologies' as its central theme. Articles include: the Shadow of Ulysses beyond 2001; Genesis: a tale of a heel and a hip; Myths of 'High' and 'Low': the Lyrical Ballads 1798–1998 and Myths of the Indies: Jane Austen and the British Empire. The winning entries in the 1997/8 BCLA/BCLT translation competition are published, as well as a special bibliography on the works of H. G. Adler.

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Book Description:

Comparative Criticism addresses itself to the questions of literary theory and criticism, to comparative studies in terms of theme, genre movement and influence, and to interdisciplinary perspectives. This new volume takes 'Myth and mythologies' as its central theme.

About the Author:

Shaffer is Lecturer in Comparative Literature School of European Studies, University of East Anglia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521652022
• ISBN 13: 9780521652025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Shaffer E. S.