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In Quest of the Hero

Paperback • 1990 • English

In Quest of the Hero

By Otto Rank, Fitzroy Richard Somerset Raglan, Alan Dundes

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In Quest of the Hero makes available for a new generation of readers two key works on hero myths: Otto Rank's Myth of the Birth of the Hero and the central section of Lord Raglan's The Hero. 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,...Show more

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ISBN

9780691020624

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

1990

Language

English

Original title

In Quest of the Hero

Format

Paperback

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