Lord Kames and the Study of Comparative Mythology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8934303 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neil R Grobman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-103 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1981.9716189 |
| OpenAlex | W2323849394 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
HENRY HOME, Lord Kames (1696-1782), was an important literary critic of the eighteenth century who developed a rather complex comparative method for analyzing literature and mythology. In certain ways, he was a philosophical precursor of later anthropological surveys which examined a variety of primitive mythologies in the field. However, to a large extent, Kames was only dealing with classical Greek, Scandinavian, and Celtic epic, or simply comparative literature containing mythological allusions. Regardless, he employed a broad 'melting pot' system consisting of four overlapping boundaries cutting across different eras, various literary genres (e.g. epic and drama), mixed traditions (oral versus written), and a multitude of cultures. Most of the previous and contemporary critics limited themselves along much narrower, more traditional lines
Ancient history · Art · Celtic languages · Drama · EPIC · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Literature · Multitude · Mythology · Variety (cybernetics · Classics · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |