How to do things with myths: a performative theory of myths and how we got there
Auteur :
Strenski, Ivan
Éditeur :
Equinox Publishing Ltd
ISBN :
9781800504776
Date de publication :
15 avr. 2025
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
263 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US); Unsewn / adhesive bound
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
How to Do Things with Myths assembles a radically updated collection of the author's oft-cited publications on myth. Together, they tell how theories of myth have changed and led to a novel "performative" theory of myth. Beginning from its mid-19th-century foundations, myths had been conceived in textual terms as quasi-biblica