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Sto caricando le informazioni... Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction (2007)di Helen Morales
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Definately have an open mind when reading this book. Quickly goes from Freud to the Great Mother Goddess, and some of the themes can be a bit left field to the unknowing reader. Morales is clearly knowledgeable about the classics, anyone who loves the Greco-Roman myths will learn and pick up cocktail party material. I can't agree with all her points, which seem a bit speculative at points, but she backs them up with copious evidence. Best approached as an insightful essay that is a primer to the "historiography" of myths. ( ) The 'A Very Short Introduction' series is refreshingly as advertised. Helen Morales doesn't waste time muddling about with retelling individual stories, except where they illustrate her higher point. Her thesis is the fluidity of mythology in relation to the times, and the equal, if not greater, importance of Rome's contribution to the classical mythological canon. This is the best book I've come across that provides the next step in thinking about the myths we embrace and the deeper meanings behind them. Discusses the uses to which mythology was and is put, and how those uses are what turn stories into myths. I found it more useful and credible than many academic theories treating myth as though it were an organic category. The first five chapters are quite good. Scattered through them is discussion of the coalescence of what is now considered classical mythology, and the reciprocal development of scholarly interest in it. The historical consumption of myth (e.g., as allegory) receives far more attention than scholarly inquiries into the original functions of myths, many of which seem inductive rather than empirical. One chapter considers the importance of myth to psychoanalysis, and implicitly considers the possibility that Freud was just talking out of his backside (the fact that they acknowledge this as a possibility gives the entire argument that much more credibility). It left me thinking that, had he lived today, he'd be considered a quack. The last two chapters (politics of sex; hippies' use of myth) are muddled and weak. The first of them, I think, is so simply because of a paucity of VSI-appropriate research to summarize; the latter, I think, is so because pastiche is form without substance and there just isn't much to be said about it. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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From Zeus to Europa, to Pan and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome continue to pervade the numerous facets of our existence. The author explores the rich history and varying interpretations of classical myth in both high art and popular culture as well as its ongoing influence in modern society. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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