Mythic Thinking in Twentieth-Century Britain

Meaning for Modernity

M. Sterenberg (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

260 Seiten

2013
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-35496-9 (ISBN)

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A variety of thinkers used the concept of myth to articulate their anxieties about modernity. By telling the story of mythic thinking in Britain from its origins in Victorian social anthropology to its postwar cultural mainstreaming, this book reveals a yearning for transcendence in an age long assumed to be disenchanted.

Matthew Sterenberg is an Assistant Professor at Waseda University's School of International Liberal Studies in Tokyo, Japan. There he teaches courses related to British history, European history, and historical theories and methods. His research focuses on the cultural and intellectual history of modern Britain.

Acknowledgements 1. Myth and the Modern Problem 2. Golden Boughs, Fairy Books, and Holy Grails: The Making of a Myth-Saturated Culture 3. 'The Grail is Stirring': Modernist Mysticism, the Matter of Britain, and the Quest for Spiritual Renewal 4. 'The Mythical Mode of Imagination': J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and the Epistemology of Myth 5. Coping with the Catastrophe: J.G. Ballard, the New Wave, and Mythic Science Fiction 6. Myth and the Quest for Psychological Wholeness: C.G. Jung as Spiritual Sage 7. Minding the Myth-Kitty: Myth, Cultural Authority, and the Evolution of English Studies 8. Making a Modern Faith: Myth in Twentieth-Century British Theology Epilogue Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.10.2013
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 260 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-137-35496-8 / 1137354968
ISBN-13	978-1-137-35496-9 / 9781137354969
Zustand	Neuware