Amy Maud Bodkin (1875-1967) was a British classical scholar, writer on mythology, and literary critic. She is best known for her 1934 book Archetypal Patterns in Poetry: Psychological Studies of Imagination. It is generally taken to be a major work in applying the theories of Carl Jung to literature. 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. ... The word mythology (from the Greek μυολογία mythologÃa, from μυολογειν mythologein to relate myths, from μυος mythos, meaning a narrative, and λογος logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the... Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... Carl Gustav Jung (July 26, 1875 – June 6, 1961) (IPA:) was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of Analytical Psychology. ...
It is, metaphorically speaking, the age-old theme of descending to Hell and ascending to paradise; or, the pattern of Death and Rebirth.
MaudBodkin notes that sinking in water and resurging therefrom is very frequent in the analytic imagery produced by Jung's patients and in the "Ancient Mariner" (one might add to Miss Bodkin's list Clarence's dream with its cathartic effect in Richard III and, of course, the present sonnet).
I wish, however, to emphasise that both in Bodkin's an in my view, the emotional significance of this imagery is not so much in the absolute contents of these images, as in their capacity of entering into an emotional sequence.
Karl Kerenyi, also involved in Greek mythology, was an associate of Carl Jung, who adopted mythological material in his psychological theories.
In general literary criticism, myth criticism was put forward by MaudBodkin, Philip Wheelwright, and others such as Francis Fergusson, Leslie Fiedler, and G.
The critic Northrop Frye, working from Blake and the Bible as fundamental, always wished to distinguish himself from the myth-ritual school, but is often seen as in some sense having summed up the whole tendency.
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