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Myths and Legends
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Tolkien's Mythology For England: A Middle-Earth Companion
by Edmund Wainwright
Contains information about Tolkien's life and work. Tolkien was concerned that much of early English mythology had been lost. He set out to create a new mythology for England which drew on early sources. Most of the book focuses on The Lord of the Rings and shows how Tolkien used his knowledge of Anglo-Saxon and Norse literature and language to shape his plots and characters. 150p, (Anglo-Saxon Books 2004)
Hardback. Price US$17.95
Unbinding Medea
edited by Heike Bartel and Anne Simon
Medea - simply to mention her name conjures up echoes and cross-connections from Antiquity to the present. The vengeful wife, the murderess of her own children, the frail, suicidal heroine, the archetypal Bad Mother, the smitten maiden, the barbarian, the sorceress, the abused victim, the case study for a pathology. For more than two thousand years, she has arrested the eye in paintings, reverberated in opera, called to us from the stage. She ...
Hardback. Price US$89.50
Menschen - Heros - Gott: Weltentwürfe und Lebensmodelle im Mythos der Vormoderne
edited by Christine Schmitz and Anja Bettenworth
The constructive and critical-reflexive potential of myth in its varied literary and everyday contexts is the focus of this volume. Taking a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary approach, the contributions study universal concepts and life models in pre-modern myths from a variety of angles. They focus on humans, heroes and gods as the protagonists of myths, mythopoietics, and the constant actualization, instrumentalization, transformation and ...
Paperback. Price US$67.00
Vingt ans après Georges Dumézil (1898-1986)/ Veinte años después de Georges Dumézil (1898-1986): Mythologie comparée indo-européenne et idéologie trifonctionelle: bilans, perspectives et nouveaux domaines / Mitología comparada indoeuropea e ideología trifuncional: balance, perspectivas y n
edited by Francois Delpech and Marco V. Garcia Quintela
352p (Archaeolingua 2009)
Hardback. Price US$88.00
Phaëthon: Ein Mythos in Antike und Moderne
edited by Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp and Stefan Rebenich
What significance does ancient myth play in (post)modernity? This volume traces the story of tragic Phaethon back to the Archaic Period of Greece. The myth was widely taken up in literature and art, and found its way into the history of mobility: in the 18-Century, elegant sports coaches were named Phaethon and at the end of the 19th Century luxury cars were also given the name. The interdisciplinary conference in Dresden followed the conjuncture ...
Hardback. Price US$59.00
Jahrbuch des Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien, Band 11: Die neuesten Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Kunsthistorischen Museum Wien
edited by Sabine Haag and Gabrielle Helke
The 11th volume of the "Yearbook of the Museum for Art History in Vienna" focuses on mythology and the reception of myths: Friedrich Polleross writes about history as myth at the Imperial Court, Rudolf Preimesberger tells us about Caravaggio's reading of Valerius Maximus, and Andrea Sommer-Mathis analyses musical myths from Antiquity in the librettos of the Viennese Court. Javier Portús presents enlightening details about mythology and the ...
Hardback. Price US$128.00
Ultima Thulé: Histoire d'un lieu et genèse d'un mythe
by Monique Mund-Dopchie
This is the story of an island that cannot be located on a map. Only one certainty remains from the scarce information gathered in ancient texts: Thule was somewhere in the high latitudes of Northern Europe, with a very uncommon natural environment. Many locations have been proposed, including Iceland, the Shetlands, and Scandinavia, but their identification with Thule was often guided by ideological debates, national pride and a strong desire by ...
Paperback. Price US$130.00
Des Dieux gaulois: Petits essais de mythologie
by Patrice Lajoye
La religion gauloise est fort mal connue, et sa mythologie ne subsiste qu'à l'état de fragments épars. Le but de ce recueil d'essais n'est donc pas de révéler cette mythologie, mais d'en éclairer certains aspect, en comparant ce qui subsiste avec d'autres mythologies mieux connues, en essayant quelques hypothèses nouvelles, et surtout en rassemblant des informations sur des divinités qui parfois, n'avaient ...
Paperback. Price US$48.00
In Search of Myths and Heroes: Exploring Four Epic Legends of the World
by Michael Wood
In this compelling new book, accompanying the PBS television series of the same name, historian Michael Wood, whose renowned adventures have taken him to many remote and exciting places around the globe, now goes in search of four powerful legends: Shangri-La, the Golden Fleece, the Queen of Sheba, and the Holy Grail. Gorgeously illustrated by Steve Razzetti, with full-color photographs of some of the most beautiful landscapes and cities on ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$29.95, Our Price US$9.98
The World of Myths Volume Two: Mesopotamian Myths, Persian Myths, Chinese Myths, Aztec and Maya Myths, Inca Myths
introduced by Felipe Fernandez-Armestro
This book is a compilation edition of five further titles from the successful series The Legendary Past. Each author describes the cultural background, written sources and continuing legacy of the major myths, illustrated throughout by archaeological and artistic evidence. Linking these supernatural worlds is a new introduction from the award-winning writer Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, and in addition there is a specially compiled glossary giving ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$35.00, Our Price US$12.98
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