Science-fiction Studies, Issue 1SFS Publications., 1973 - Science fiction |
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... myth , our age has seen numerous creative and critical attempts to link the two , such as by opening up the definition of myth to a flexibility undreamt by a true believer.10 But the critically sensitive reader does have the right to ...
... myth , our age has seen numerous creative and critical attempts to link the two , such as by opening up the definition of myth to a flexibility undreamt by a true believer.10 But the critically sensitive reader does have the right to ...
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... myth or fairy tale are always semantically con- nected with what fate has decreed for the inhabitants of the depicted world , which means that the world of a myth or fairy tale is ontologically either inimical or friendly toward its ...
... myth or fairy tale are always semantically con- nected with what fate has decreed for the inhabitants of the depicted world , which means that the world of a myth or fairy tale is ontologically either inimical or friendly toward its ...
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... Myth of the 21st Century . But the ontological character of myth is anti - empirical , and though a technological civilization may have its myths , it cannot itself embody a myth . For myth is an interpretation , a comparatio , an ...
... Myth of the 21st Century . But the ontological character of myth is anti - empirical , and though a technological civilization may have its myths , it cannot itself embody a myth . For myth is an interpretation , a comparatio , an ...
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