Routledge Library Editions: Myth, 4-Volume Set

Cover
Volume1
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Series Editor’s Foreword
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: The Student of Myth
Martin Buber: The Honorary Student
Buber as Student of Reality
Developing I-Thou Philosophy
Buber as Student and Teacher
Buber and Judaism
Buber and the Hebrew Bible
Buber and Jewish Religion
Buber as a Student of Myth
Buber and His Critics
Martin Buber's Legacy
Notes
Chapter 2: Buber's View of Myth
Problems in Buber's Approach
Testing Buber's Definition
Myths of Leadership
The Enoch Traditions
Enoch in the Hebrew Bible
Buber on the Ascension Motif
The Development of the Enoch Stories
Buber on the Later Enoch Stories
The Hasidic Enoch
Buber on the Hasidic Enoch
The Limitations of Buber's View
Notes
Chapter 3: Buber and the Bible
Myth and Biblical Studies
The Transition to History
Demythologizing the Bible
Buber as Biblical Exegete
Paganism and Monotheism
Myth in the Book of Job
Magic and the Bible
Myth and the New Testament
Notes
Chapter 4: The Meaning of Eden
Biblical Creation Myths
Buber and Creation Mythology
Myth, Genesis, and Good and Evil
Good and Evil and "I and Thou"
Genesis 1:1–3:24
Buber's View of Genesis
Deciding for Direction
Genesis and Buber's View of Myth
Notes
Chapter 5: The Exodus
The Social Meaning of Myth
Kingship of God in Biblical Myth
Myth, Ritual and Moses
The Sociology of the Blood Covenant
Reik's Psychological Approach
Buber and the Exodus
Buber's View of Moses
Communal Ritual in Exodus
Beyond Sociology: Buber and Smith
The Exodus Today
Notes
Chapter 6: Buber and Hasidic Myth
Hasidism in Judaism
Buber and the Hasidic Story
Hasidism in Modern Judaism
Buber's Changing Views of Hasidism
Examples of Hasidic Myth
Notes
Chapter 7: Myth as Language
Silence and Speech in Hasidic Myth
Gershom Scholem and Buber
Buber and Hasidic Language
Scholem and Hasidic Myth
Myth, Revelation, and Philosophy
Rabbi Nahman of Bratzlav
Rabbi Nahman of Bratzlav
Mystical Myth
Simplicity in Hasidic Myth
Redemption in Hasidic Myth
Buber's Popular Appeal
Notes
Chapter 8: Hasidism and Modernity
The Appeal of Hasidism Today
Reviving Jewish Religion
Yoav Elstein's Critique Op Buber
The Myth of Eternal Return
Buber's Version of "the Werewolf"
Purification from Pollution
Notes
Chapter 9 Evaluating Buber
Hasidism Amd Myth
Myth as Communication
Buber's Definition of Myth
The Purpose of Jewish Myth
A Deeper Insight into Myth
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Volume2
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Series Editor’s Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter One—The Structure of Myth
Chapter Two—Barthes: Myth as Meaningful Form
Chapter Three—Lévi-Strauss and the Problems of Oedipus
Chapter Four—Vernant: A Logic of the Equivocal
Chapter Five—Detienne: The Empirical Categories of Myth
Chapter Six—Vidal-Naquet: A Factotum of History
Chapter Seven—Loraux: The Myths of Death and Life
Chapter Eight—Gernet’s Legacy: A French New Historicism
Conclusion—The Place of the Gernet Center
Selected Bibliography
Index
Volume3
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Abbreviations
I: The Man
The Soul’s High Adventure: Campbell’s Comparative Mythology
Freud, Jung, and Campbell
Myth Versus Religion for Campbell
Interpreting Campbell: Hermeneutics and Comparative Mythology
The American Roots of Campbell’s Mythic Vision
II: The Work
The Twin Heroes: Campbell’s Solar/Lunar Vision of the Masculine
Campbell on Myth, Romantic Love, and Marriage
Campbell and Schopenhauer: Synchronicity and the Tragic Vision
Campbell, the Feminine Principle, and the Romantic Male Hero
The Chariot of the Hero: Myth and Metaphor in Campbell
The Rhetoric of Mythology and Science in Campbell’s Works
III: The Farther Reaches
Campbell and the “Vanilla-Frosted Temple”: From Myth to Multiplex
Campbell, Science Fiction, and Space Age Myths
Campbell and the Inklings—Tolkien, Lewis, and Williams
The Power of Wilderness: Campbell and the Ecological Imperative
Campbell, America, and the Individual as New Hero
Campbell and the Perennial Philosophy: Social Sciences, Mysticism, and Myth
A Joseph Campbell Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
Volume4
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Table of Contents
Figures
Acknowledgments
1: The Structural Analysis of Myth
The Nature of Myths
Time and History
Understanding Myths
Myth and the Cultural Order
Problems of Method
2: Indo-European Cultures as a Field of Ethnological Study
Introduction
The Social Organization of Indo-European Society
Social Stratification and the Political Order
The Indo-European Pantheon
3: The Wars of the Gods in Scandinavian Mythology
Introduction
The Scandinavian Pantheon in Icelandic Sources
The War Between the Giants and the Gods
The War Between the Aesir and the Vanir
Ragnarok
4: The Cycle of the Mead
Introduction
The Feast of Immortality
The Origin of the Mead
Sharing the Mead
The Lure of Consumption
The Bird and the Snake
5: The Magic Cauldron
Introduction
The Sons of Tuirill Biccreo
The Death of Cu Roi
The Second Branch of the Mabinogion
The Magic Cauldron
The Iron House
6: The Severed Head
Introduction
Dionysos
Pallas Athena
The Capture of the Mead
The Head of the Gorgo
The Labours of Herakles
The Voyage of the Argo
7: The Battles of Mag Tured
Introduction
The Six Immigrations
The First Battle of Mag Hired
The Second Battle of Mag Tured
Problems of Succession
The First Kings of the Hiatha De Danann
8: The Roman Kings
Introduction
The Foundation of Rome
Romans and Sabines
The Tarquinian Dynasty
9: The Unworthy King
Introduction
The Medieval Epics
Arthur and the Round Table
Charlemagne
The Fairy-Tales
The Development of Indo-European Mythology
References
Index of Names