Myth a Symposium

by Thomas Albert Sebeok, Sqbeok

In 1955 the influential collection of essays, Myth. A Symposium, edited by Thomas A. Sebeok, appeared in the Bibliographical and Special Series of the American Folklore Society. This volume was republished by Indiana University Press in 1956 and reprinted in paperback in 1965. It was in this latter form that generations of American undergraduates were introduced to the study of myth and to the ideas of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Richard M. Dorson, Philip Wheelwright, and Stith Thompson, who stand out among its contributors.
Reviewed by Gary Beckman, University of Michigan (sidd@umich.edu)

Genres: Mythology

180 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1955

About the author

Thomas Albert Sebeok or Sebők was a prominent linguist and semiotician, and editor-in-chief of the leading periodical in the field, Semiotica, from its 1969 founding until 2001. He earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1945. He is counted among the originators of the field of biosemiotics, and was highly influential in the study of non-human signaling and communication systems.

Sebeok was survived by his wife (and frequent co-author), Jean Umiker-Sebeok

Reviews

[Monica]

Semiotics. Everything I've read says this book is important. Maybe I shouldnt' give it away until I've learned something from it about American folklore.