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The Hero : A Study in Tradition, Myth, and Drama

by: Raglan, L.

Price: 95,00 EURO

1 copy in stock
 
Category: Mythology / Ancient Religion
Code: 8096
ISBN-13: 9780837181387 / 978-0-8371-8138-7
ISBN-10: 0837181380 / 0-8371-8138-0
Publisher: Greenwood Press, Publishers
Publication Date: 1975
Publication Place: Westport, Connecticut
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 296
Book Condition: As New
Comments: Reprint of the Edition: New York 1956

The hero : a study in tradition, myth, and drama

Author:Raglan

Summary: The main thesis of this book was given in the Presidential address given by the author to Section H of the British Association in 1933

Contents:
The basis of history
The traditional pedigree
Local tradition
Robin Hood
The Norse sagas
King Arthur
Hengist and Horsa
Cuchulainn
The tale of Troy
Traditions of other lands
The genesis of myth
The folk-tale
Myth and ritual
Myth and ritual: the tale of Troy
The hero
Myth and the historic hero
The basis of drama
The language of the drama
Age and time
Dress and setting
Shape-shifting and talking animals
The royal hero
The Spiel man
The ritual drama

viii, 296, xi pages ; 22 cm

 
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The Hero : A Study in Tradition, Myth, and Drama

by: Raglan, L.

  • ISBN-13: 9780837181387 / 978-0-8371-8138-7
  • ISBN-03: 0837181380 / 0-8371-8138-0
  • Greenwood Press, Publishers, Westport, Connecticut, 1975

Price: 95,00 EURO

1 copy in stock