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*''The Gate of Horn: A Study of the Religious Concepts of the Stone Age, and Their Influence upon European Thought'' (1948; republished 1963, Faber & Faber, {{ISBN|978-0571056606}}) |
*''The Gate of Horn: A Study of the Religious Concepts of the Stone Age, and Their Influence upon European Thought'' (1948; republished 1963, Faber & Faber, {{ISBN|978-0571056606}})<ref>Reviews of ''The Gate of Horn'':<br/>{{cite journal|last=Renard |first=Marcel |journal=Latomus |title=Review |year=1949 |pages=88–89| volume=8 |jstor=41516737}}<br/>{{cite journal|last=Myres |first=John L. |title=Review |year=1949 |journal=Man |volume=49 |pages=21–22 |jstor=2792536}}<br/>{{cite journal|last=Wheelwright |first=Philip |title=Review: If the Lost Word Be Lost... |journal=The Sewanee Review |year=1951 |pages=348–362 |volume=59 |jstor=27538080}}<br/>{{cite journal|last=White |first=Victor |title=Review |journal=Blackfriars |volume=30 |year=1949 |pages=179–181 |jstor=43812748}}</ref> |
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*''The Sword from the Rock: An Investigation into the Origins of Epic Literature and the Development of the Hero'' (1953) |
*''The Sword from the Rock: An Investigation into the Origins of Epic Literature and the Development of the Hero'' (1953)<ref>Review of ''The Sword from the Rock'': {{cite journal|last=Norwood |first=Frances |journal=Classical Philology |year=1955 |pages=51–53 |volume=50 |jstor=266124 |title=Review}}</ref> |
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*''The Violet Crown: An Athenian Autobiography'' (1954) |
*''The Violet Crown: An Athenian Autobiography'' (1954) |
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*''Plato in Sicily'' (1956) |
*''Plato in Sicily'' (1956) |
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Gertrude Rachel Levy (1884-1966) was an author and cultural historian writing about comparative mythology, matriarchy, epic poetry and archaeology. Eleazar M. Meletinsky (The Poetics of Myth, English translation p. 74) writes
[...] the monumental epics of agrarian civilizations undoubtedly use models linked to seasonal rites [...] On this point, Levy's work is interesting, despite its exaggerations, and goes beyond Murray's pioneering efforts.
As did Alexander Marshack, but earlier, Levy made an observation to the effect that in the earliest known representations of humans and animals together, the humans are shown without weapons.[1] To the theory of hero archetypes, she contributed in The Sword from the Rock a three-phase evolutionary pattern, considered neglected by Brown and Fishwick: creation narratives, then quest pattern, then fraternal conflict.[2] Theodore Ziolkowski states that Levy included much of ancient epic in the works that can be traced back to ritual.[3]
Levy was an influence on Northrop Frye, as he himself acknowledged, and references to her work are common in his "Third Book" and "Late" notebooks.[4]
Works
- The Gate of Horn: A Study of the Religious Concepts of the Stone Age, and Their Influence upon European Thought (1948; republished 1963, Faber & Faber, ISBN 978-0571056606)[5]
- The Sword from the Rock: An Investigation into the Origins of Epic Literature and the Development of the Hero (1953)[6]
- The Violet Crown: An Athenian Autobiography (1954)
- Plato in Sicily (1956)
- The Phoenix' nest: A Study in Religious Transformations (1961)
Levy also edited The Myths of Plato (1905) by John Alexander Stewart for a 1960 edition, with revisions, translation of Greek text, and an introduction.[7]
Notes
- ^ Govaerts, Robert (2012-08-29). Cosmic Prayer and Guided Transformation: Key Elements of the Emergent ChrTransformationistian Cosmology. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 96. ISBN 9781630875909. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Browne, Ray Broadus; Fishwick, Marshall William (1983). The Hero in Transition. Popular Press. p. 53. ISBN 9780879722388. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Ziolkowski, Theodore (2011-11-18). Gilgamesh among Us: Modern Encounters with the Ancient Epic. Cornell University Press. p. 169. ISBN 9780801463426. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Frye, Northrop (2004). Northrop Frye's Notebooks on Romance. University of Toronto Press. pp. 461 note 29. ISBN 9780802039477. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Reviews of The Gate of Horn:
Renard, Marcel (1949). "Review". Latomus. 8: 88–89. JSTOR 41516737.
Myres, John L. (1949). "Review". Man. 49: 21–22. JSTOR 2792536.
Wheelwright, Philip (1951). "Review: If the Lost Word Be Lost...". The Sewanee Review. 59: 348–362. JSTOR 27538080.
White, Victor (1949). "Review". Blackfriars. 30: 179–181. JSTOR 43812748. - ^ Review of The Sword from the Rock: Norwood, Frances (1955). "Review". Classical Philology. 50: 51–53. JSTOR 266124.
- ^ Wynne-Tyson, Jon (2004). Finding the Words: A Publishing Life. Michael Russell. p. 57. ISBN 9780859552875.
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External links
- The Dying God and the Beginnings of Epic Literature, BBC Third Programme, 7 May 1952 18.45
- Missing archaeological artefacts linking Malta to ancient world, Times of Malta, June 16, 2002 by Natalino Fenech, discusses theories of Levy and Henri Frankfort on the culture of ancient Malta
- Joint Library of the Hellenic & Roman Societies/Institute of Classical Studies Library, blogpost 14 July 2017, Former Librarian: Gertrude Rachel Levy
- Interview comments from John Heath-Stubbs
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