Psychoanalytic Approaches to Myth (Theorists of Myth)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: November 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780824059361
Subjects: The Arts; Philosophy; Psychology; Folklore & Mythology - Mythology; Movements - Psychoanalysis; Religion / General; General
First sentence: Sigmund Freud (1856 to 1939), the founder of psychoanalysis, mentioned myths both in passing and as brief digressions in his writings, but he never devoted an extended methodological or theoretical discussion to the topic.