
How to Do Things with Myths
A Performative Theory of Myths and How We Got There
How to Do Things with Myths assembles a radically updated collection of the author's oft-cited publications on myth. Together, they tell how theories of myth have changed and led to a novel "performative" theory of myth. Beginning from its mid-19th-century foundations with philologist, Friedrich M... Read more
Published: 2025
Pages: 264
eBook: 9781800504769
Cover | Cover | ||
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Contents | vii | ||
Chapter 1 | 1 | ||
Chapter 2 | 16 | ||
Chapter 3 | 39 | ||
Chapter 4 | 54 | ||
Chapter 5 | 68 | ||
Chapter 6 | 88 | ||
Chapter 7 | 120 | ||
Chapter 8 | 146 | ||
Chapter 9 | 173 | ||
Chapter 10 | 188 | ||
Notes | 207 | ||
Bibliography | 235 | ||
Index | 252 |