In the mirror of the past : of fantasy and history /
These days, we are ever more often confronted by overwhelming events. Searching for a way to understand them, we turn to mythic archetypes still present in our culture. The authors of these essays pose questions about the reliability of the archetypes found in tradition, history, and scattered mytho...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of contents; editors; introduction; "make it old"; david gemmell's intertextual treatment of the ancient greek history in his lion of macedon and dark prince novel duo; ursula le guin's earthsea cycle; "healing fiction?"; andrea hairston's redwood & wildfire; mythic cycle vs. linear history in fantasy; the loneliness of the ancient greek hero.