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ESSAYS ON MYTH AND LITERATURE
By
Leslie Fiedler
$5.00
In this illuminating and penetrating collection of essays, one of the most
original and challenging literary critics of our day explores the role of
myth in the arts and society. His discussions of the mythic pattern in
literature, his analyses of social tensions and tenets in the last four
decades, his explorations into the image of minority groups in literature
and society, are a
bra~h
but brilliant contribution to American letters.
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL ENCOUNTER
SELECTED ESSAYS
By
Gordon
W.
Allport
$7.50
Gordon W. Allport, the distinguished psychologist, here presents his
most important essays on the psychology of personality and its implica–
tions for the social problems of our day. In a brief introduction to each
essay, Dr. Allport explains how it fits into the total framework of his
thought. Reflecting the wide scope of his work, the essays combine
scientific discipline with a humanitarian concern for contemporary
problems, pointing the way to a broader concept of social science.
The book is divided into five parts:
PART I.
The relationship between the
PART III.
Some fundamental problems
psychology of
person~lity
and the other
and areas of new research in the psy-
arts and sciences.
chology of the normal personality.
PART II.
Five essays outlining Dr. All·
port's system of functional autonomy. his
sharp challenge to the Freudian system
which dominat.. the field today.
PART IV AND V:
Applications of psy–
chology in solving the special problems
which most threaten our society from
group prejudice to the danger' of a
third world war.
