In this rich examination of how we inherit and transform myths, Hans                  Blumenberg continues his study of the philosophical roots of the modern world. Work                  on Myth is in five parts. The first two analyze the characteristics of myth and the                  stages in the West's work on myth, including long discussions of such authors as                  Freud, Joyce, Cassirer, and Val?©ry. The latter three parts present a                  comprehensive account of the history of the Prometheus myth, from Hesiod and                  Aeschylus to Gide and Kafka. This section includes a detailed analysis of Goethe's                  lifelong confrontation with the Prometheus myth, which is a unique synthesis of                  "psychobiography" and history of ideas.Hans Blumenberg is Professor of Philosophy at                  the University of M??nster. Work on Myth is included in the series Studies in                  Contemporary German Social Thought, edited by Thomas McCarthy.

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