In the embrace of the swan

Description:

Myths determine the way cultures understand themselves. The papers in this volume examine culturally specific myths in Britain and the German-speaking world, and compare approaches to the theory of myth, together with the ways in which mythological formations operate in literature, aesthetics and politics? with a focus on the period around 1800. They enquire into the consequences of myth-oriented discourses for the way in which these two cultures understand each other, and in this way make a significant contribution to a more profound approach to intercultural research. -- From publisher's website.

subjects: Comparative Literature,  Myth in literature,  Mythology, Germanic, in literature,  German and English,  English and German,  British Mythology,  Myth in art,  Mythology in literature,  Mythology, germanic,  Literatur,  Mythos <Motiv>,  Künste