Yearbook of Comparative Criticism, Volume 9Joseph Strelka |
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... ancient mythology is no guarantee of poetry . The modern poet must not merely transcribe or narrowly imitate an ancient model , but should draw on myth as a basis of new and personal expression . Herder seems to pose no limits to the ...
... ancient mythology is no guarantee of poetry . The modern poet must not merely transcribe or narrowly imitate an ancient model , but should draw on myth as a basis of new and personal expression . Herder seems to pose no limits to the ...
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... ancient Greece . We should quite firmly turn from the kind of interpretation of myth that was practiced until recently to the point of philistine abuse . My next few remarks may serve to illu- minate the process that led to an ...
... ancient Greece . We should quite firmly turn from the kind of interpretation of myth that was practiced until recently to the point of philistine abuse . My next few remarks may serve to illu- minate the process that led to an ...
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... ancient mythical stories are described with their various degrees of deviance from their prototypes . Characterization , varia- tions in basic plots , and the use of colloquial language are all regarded as " anachronisms . " Dream ...
... ancient mythical stories are described with their various degrees of deviance from their prototypes . Characterization , varia- tions in basic plots , and the use of colloquial language are all regarded as " anachronisms . " Dream ...
Contents
THE MYTH OF THE ARTIST | 3 |
MYTH POETRY AND CRITICAL THEORY | 51 |
MYTHOLOGICAL FICTION AND THE READING | 72 |
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