Archetypal Themes in Modern Story

by Jack Matthews

Jack Matthews settles on 5 archetypal themes for this collection--The Contest, The Scapegoat, Metamorphosis, The Trickster, and Taboo.

256 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1973

About the author

Jack Matthews was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and former professor. He published 7 novels, 7 collections of short stories, a novella, and
8 volumes of essays. He was an avid book collector, and many of his book finds served as a basis for his essays and the historical topics he explored in his fiction. His 1972 novel The Charisma Campaigns was nominated for the National Book Award.

Here's a long interview with Jack Matthews from 2010 .