A POPULIST MONOMYTH: The Hero's Journey and the Cosmogonic Cycle in the Writings of Ignatius Donnelly, 1880s‒1890s

This article applies the concept of the Monomyth as developed by Joseph Campbell to the amateur scientific tracts and phantastic novels written by the Populist politician Ignatius Donnelly (1831‒1901). It shows that Donnelly's work contains two mythological motifs highlighted by Campbell: The H...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lekon, Christian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Prof. Dr. Peter Tepe, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germanistisches Seminar 2022
In: Mythos-Magazin
Year: 2022, Pages: 1-11
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)