Mythic Thinking in Twentieth-Century Britain

1. Myth and the Modern Problem
Matthew Sterenberg

2. Golden Boughs, Fairy Books, and Holy Grails: The Making of a Myth-Saturated Culture
Matthew Sterenberg

3. “The Grail Is Stirring”: Modernist Mysticism, the Matter of Britain, and the Quest for Spiritual Renewal
Matthew Sterenberg

4. “The Mythical Mode of Imagination”: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and the Epistemology of Myth
Matthew Sterenberg

5. Coping with the Catastrophe: J.G. Ballard, the New Wave, and Mythic Science Fiction
Matthew Sterenberg

6. Myth and the Quest for Psychological Wholeness: C.G. Jung as Spiritual Sage
Matthew Sterenberg

7. Minding the Myth-Kitty: Myth, Cultural Authority, and the Evolution of English Studies
Matthew Sterenberg

8. Making a Modern Faith: Myth in Twentieth-Century British Theology
Matthew Sterenberg

9. Epilogue
Matthew Sterenberg

Keywords: Philosophy, History of Philosophy, History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Twentieth-Century Literature, British and Irish Literature, Cultural History