The Hero Journey in Literature (British Academy Monographs in)
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (573 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0761805095 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 516 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This is the only book to focus on the major works of the literary tradition, detailing discussions of the hero journey in major literary texts. This book provides an overview of the hero journey theme in literature, from antiquity to the present, with a focus on the imagery of the rites of passage in human life (initiation at adolescence, mid-life, and death). Included are chapters on the literature of Antiquity (Sumerian, Egyptian, Biblical, Greek, and Roman), the Middle Ages (with emphasis on the Arthurian Romance), the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (Shakespeare, Milton, Marvell, Pope, Fielding, the Arabian Nights, and Alchemical Illustration), Romanticism and Naturalism (Coleridge, Selected Grimm's Tales, Bront%, Bierce, Whitman, Twain, Hawthorne, E.T.A. Hoffman, Rabindranath Tagore), and Modernism to Contemporary (Joyce, Gilman, Alifa Rifaat, Bellow, Lessing, Pynchon, Eudora Welty).
. About the Author Evans Lansing Smith is Associate Professor of English at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas
. Evans Lansing Smith is Associate Professor of English at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas
"Excellent!" according to Nathan Brown. Lans Smith is one of the great minds of our time in the realm of mythological studies. The Hero Journey in Literature is an excellent piece of work, and I have found it to be a valuable part of my personal reference library. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in gaining a detailed understanding of not only the Hero Journey, but of mythology as a whole.