The myth of the birth of the hero : a psychological exploration of myth
Otto Rank (Author), Gregory C. Richter (Translator), E. James Lieberman (Translator), Robert Alan Segal (Writer of introduction)
Segal as well as Otto Rank's 1914 essay "The Play in Hamlet."
Print Book, English, 2015
Expanded and updated edition, Johns Hopkins paperback edition View all formats and editions
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2015
xlviii, 149 pages ; 23 cm
9781421418438, 9781421419145, 1421418436, 1421419149
1083048014
Introductory Essay by Robert A. Segal, Ph.D.Translators' IntroductionPreface to the First EditionPreface to the Second Edition1. Introduction2. The Cycle of Myths3. The Interpretation of the MythsThe Play within HamletUnderstanding of the WorkNotesReferencesIndex
"Originally published as Der Mythus von der Geburt des Helden: Versuch einer Psychologischen Mythendeutung in 1922 by Franz Deuticke in Leipzig and Vienna"--Title page verso
This translation originally published in hardback: 2004