Myths and the Fantastic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4994785 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andras Sandor (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 339 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Literary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-6087 • E-ISSN: 1080-661X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/469042 |
| OpenAlex | W2321850921 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
onslaught of Enlightenment thought has been filled with stories, and the which have so far been the closest to myths are fantastic stories: this is the basic proposition which I want to argue and discuss. Realistic stories, too, have been produced in an attempt to reactivate some mythic view of the world, as in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain or Joyce's Ulysses, but the closest to being mythic are those of Frankenstein, Dracula, Captain Nemo, Tarzan, and the like. This is curious, since myths are stories for an original audience,' whereas fantastic are palpably untrue. I am proposing, therefore, to compare two different kinds of stories, one true, another untrue, and do it without any intention to bridge the gap in the name of literature or art. The distinction between true and untrue implies classification. The further distinctions which I will introduce here
Art · Literature · Mythology · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History · Media Influence and Health · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2001 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |