Myth and Literature in the American RenaissanceThere are perhaps as many definitions of myth as of romanticism, but a renewed interest in myth as "authentic tidings of invisible things" is one of the most commonly remarked characteristics of early nineteenth-century literature. American writers from Emerson to Melville were very well read in myth and in mythic theory and were highly conscious of myth as a subject of special interest to the age. Richardson shows how our major writers consciously understood and used myth. - Jacket flap. |
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... position which is brilliantly recapitulated by Parker : Mr. Strauss next inquires , whether it is possible there should be myths in the New Testament , and , judging from outward arguments , he thinks it possible . Most Christians , he ...
... position which is brilliantly recapitulated by Parker : Mr. Strauss next inquires , whether it is possible there should be myths in the New Testament , and , judging from outward arguments , he thinks it possible . Most Christians , he ...
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... position , that any new mythology that might be written in modern times would not be spun out of whole cloth but would include and extend the old . ( Bronson Alcott maintained much the same position one eve- ning in conversation with ...
... position , that any new mythology that might be written in modern times would not be spun out of whole cloth but would include and extend the old . ( Bronson Alcott maintained much the same position one eve- ning in conversation with ...
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... position . All of these approaches made it increasingly hard to take myth as true in any important way . 12 One reason perhaps why Melville could come so close to the tone of authentic myth in his own writings was his respect for myth ...
... position . All of these approaches made it increasingly hard to take myth as true in any important way . 12 One reason perhaps why Melville could come so close to the tone of authentic myth in his own writings was his respect for myth ...
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