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Brockway exposes Western mythic thought from Paleolithic times to the present. Myth and mythic thinking did not cease with the rise of science and philosophy during the Enlightenment, but continue to flourish in modern times. The author shows how mythic themes continue to occur in both high culture and popular arts.

The Great Awakening was the American colonial phase of an evangelical revival marking a re-emergence of Reformation fervor that swept through Britain and the colonies during the early eighteenth century. Though by 1742, it was a spent force and had disintegrated into quarreling factions, the effects of the Great Awakening have been long-lasting.

Brockway exposes Western mythic thought from Paleolithic times to the present. Myth and mythic thinking did not cease with the rise of science and philosophy during the Enlightenment, but continue to flourish in modern times. The author shows how mythic themes continue to occur in both high culture and popular arts.