{"product_id":"in-quest-of-the-hero-mythos-series-9780691020624","title":"In Quest of the Hero: (Mythos Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn Quest of the Hero\u003c\/i\u003e makes available for a new generation of readers two key works on hero myths: Otto Rank's \u003ci\u003eMyth of the Birth of the Hero\u003c\/i\u003e and the central section of Lord Raglan's \u003ci\u003eThe Hero\u003c\/i\u003e. Amplifying these is Alan Dundes's fascinating contemporary inquiry, \"The Hero Pattern and the Life of Jesus.\" Examined here are the patterns found in the lore surrounding historical or legendary figures like Gilgamesh, Moses, David, Oedipus, Odysseus, Perseus, Heracles, Aeneas, Romulus, Siegfried, Lohengrin, Arthur, and Buddha.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRank's monograph remains the classic application of Freudian theory to hero myths. In \u003ci\u003eThe Hero\u003c\/i\u003e the noted English ethnologist Raglan singles out the myth-ritualist pattern in James Frazer's many-sided \u003ci\u003eGolden Bough\u003c\/i\u003e and applies that pattern to hero myths. Dundes, the eminent folklorist at the University of California at Berkeley, applies the theories of Rank, Raglan, and others to the case of Jesus. In his introduction to this selection from Rank, Raglan, and Dundes, Robert Segal, author of the major study of Joseph Campbell, charts the history of theorizing about hero myths and compares the approaches of Rank, Raglan, Dundes, and Campbell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Otto Rank, Fitzroy Richard Somerset Raglan, Alan Dundes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.04w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691020624","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40087117332595,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_fbaad007-8b11-48f7-ae33-395dd0490301.jpg?v=1652538027","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/in-quest-of-the-hero-mythos-series-9780691020624","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}