Mythography - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mythography write by William G. Doty. This book was released on 2000-03-21. Mythography available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presenting major myth theorists from antiquity to the present, this work offers a cross-disciplinary approach to the study of myth. Rewritten and restructured, it reflects the increased interest in myth among both scholars and general readers since the publication of the first edition.
Medieval Mythography, Volume One
Medieval Mythography, Volume One - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medieval Mythography, Volume One write by Jane Chance. This book was released on 2019-11-26. Medieval Mythography, Volume One available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The mythic world of Juno, Jupiter's consort, is one of flesh and begetting, of suffering and death, and of poetry itself. Exploring the relationship between that realm of the classical gods and the sphere of medieval mythographers, Jane Chance illuminates the efforts of medieval writers to understand human existence and the forces of nature in relation to Christian truth.
The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Mythography
The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Mythography - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Mythography write by R. Scott Smith. This book was released on 2022. The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Mythography available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The field of mythography has grown substantially in the past thirty years, an acknowledgment of the importance of how ancient writers "wrote down the myths" as they systematized, organized and interpreted the vast and contested mythical storyworld. With the understanding that mythography remains a contested category, that its borders are not always clear, and that it shifted with changes in the socio-cultural and political landscapes, The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Mythography offers a range of scholarly voices that attempt to establish how and to what extent ancient writers followed the "mythographical mindset" that prompted works ranging from Apollodorus' Library to the rationalizing and allegorical approaches of Cornutus and Palaephatus. Editors R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma provide the first comprehensive survey of mythography from the earliest attempts to organize and comment on myths in the archaic period (in poetry and prose) to late antiquity. The essays also provide an overview of those writers we call mythographers and other major sources of mythographic material (e.g., papyri and scholia), followed by a series of essays that seek to explore the ways in which mythographical impulses were interconnected with other intellectual activities (e.g., geography and history, catasteristic writings, politics). In addition, another section of essays presents the first sustained analysis between mythography and the visual arts, while a final section takes mythography from late antiquity up into the Renaissance. While also taking stock of recent advances and providing bibliographical guidance, this Handbook offers new approaches to texts that were once seen only as derivative sources of mythical data and presents innovative ideas for further research. The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Mythography is an essential resource for teachers, scholars, and students alike.
English Mythography in its European Context, 1500-1650
English Mythography in its European Context, 1500-1650 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook English Mythography in its European Context, 1500-1650 write by Anna-Maria Hartmann. This book was released on 2018-02-02. English Mythography in its European Context, 1500-1650 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Greco-Roman mythology and its reception are at the heart of the European Renaissance, and mythographies-texts that collected and explained ancient myths-were considered indispensable companions to any reader of literature. Despite the importance of this genre, English mythographies have not gained sustained critical attention, largely because they have been wrongly considered mere copies of their European counterparts. This volume focuses on the English mythographies written between 1577 and 1647 by Stephen Batman, Abraham Fraunce, Francis Bacon, Henry Reynolds, and Alexander Ross: it places their texts into a wider, European context to reveal their unique English take on the genre and also unfolds the significant role myth played in the broader culture of the period, influencing not only literary life, natural philosophy and poetics, but also religious conflicts and Civil War politics. In doing so it demonstrates, for the first time, the considerable explanatory value classical mythology holds for the study of the English Renaissance and its literary culture in particular, and how early modern England answered a question we still find fascinating today: what is myth?
Medieval Mythography, Volume Two
Medieval Mythography, Volume Two - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medieval Mythography, Volume Two write by Jane Chance. This book was released on 2019-11-15. Medieval Mythography, Volume Two available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The second volume in Jane Chance’s study of the history of medieval mythography from the fifth through fifteenth centuries focuses on the time period in Western Europe between the School of Chartres and the papal court at Avignon. This examination of historical and philosophical developments in the story of mythography reflects the ever-increasing importance of the subjectivity of the commentator. Through her vast and wide-ranging familiarity with hitherto seldom studied primary texts spanning nearly one thousand years, Chance provides a guide to the assimilation of classical myth into the Christian Middle Ages. Rich in insight and example, dense in documentation, and compelling in its interpretations, Medieval Mythography is an important tool for scholars of the classical tradition and for medievalists working in any language.
