Mythological Meltdown

Why we need to get back to the basics—and bases—of western civilization.

W. J. Keith

Biblical and Classical Myths: The Mythological Framework of Western Culture

Northrop Frye and Jay Macpherson

University of Toronto Press

471 pages, hardcover

ISBN: 0802039278

W. J. Keith

W.J. Keith is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Toronto. His publications include Canadian Literature in English (1985, 2006) and Canadian Odyssey: A Reading of Hugh Hood’s “The New Age/Le nouveau siècle” (2002).

Operative Words

Snuffed Torch

Lax Americana

Mythological Meltdown

Why we need to get back to the basics—and bases—of western civilization.