Theorizing myth : narrative, ideology, and scholarship
In "Theorizing Myth", Bruce Lincoln traces the way scholars and others have used the category of "myth" to fetishize or deride certain kinds of stories, usually those told by others.
xv, 298 p. : il. ; 23 cm
9780226482026, 0226482022
318250817
Part 1 Mythos among the Greeks: the prehistory of mythos and logos; from Homer through Plato. Part 2 A modern history of myth: the history of myth from the Renaissance to World War II; Sir William's myth of origins; Nietzsche's "Blond Beast" - a genealogy; Dumezil's German war God. Part 3 New directions: from World War II to the present (and possibly a little beyond); Plutarch's Siby; Gautrek's saga and the gift fox; once again, the Bovine's Lament; the Pandits and Mr Jones; epilogue - scholarship as myth.