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Mythic thinking in twentieth-century Britain : meaning for modernity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sterenberg, Matthew, 1975-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects:
Great Britain > Civilization > 20th century.
Manners and customs > History > 20th century.
Civilization, Modern > 20th century.
Mythology, British.
Values > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Literature and myth.
British literature > History and criticism.
National characteristics, British > History > 20th century.
Group identity > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Myth and the modern problem
  • Golden boughs, fairy books, and holy grails: the making of a myth-saturated culture
  • "The grail is stirring": modernist mysticism, the matter of Britain, and the quest for spiritual renewal
  • "The mythical mode of imagination": J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and the epistemology of myth
  • Coping with the catastrophe: J.G. Ballard, the new wave, and mythic science fiction
  • Myth and the quest for psychological wholeness: C.G. Jung as spiritual sage
  • Minding the myth-kitty: myth, cultural authority, and the evolution of English studies
  • Making a modern faith: myth in twentieth-century British theology.