..". one of the richest, clearest, and acutest surveys to date of the course of theorizing about myth from the eighteenth century on. I know of no more useful volume on the topic. Despite the postmodern connotations of the title, Von Hendy is writing not to expose the concept of myth but simply to show the array of ways in which it has been used from time to time and from place to place. A superb work." --Robert A. Segal, University of Lancaster, author of Theorizing about Myth
Andrew Von Hendy offers an integrated critical account of the career of myth in modernity. He takes...
..". one of the richest, clearest, and acutest surveys to date of the course of theorizing about myth from the eighteenth century on. I know of no ...