Routledge Library Editions: Myth, 4-Volume Set

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Routledge Library Editions: Myth reissues four out-of-print classics that touch on various aspects of mythology. One book looks at the work of Martin Buber on myth, and another on the school of Gernet classicists. Another book studies comparative mythology and the work of Joseph Campbell, and the last book in the set looks at the role of the gods and their stories in Indo-European mythology. 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